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The University of Minnesota Labor Education Service, which trains thousands of people every year in topics ranging from collective bargaining to global economics, has revamped its programs to meet the challenges facing workers and their organizations.
You can save more than 30 percent on a special holiday grocery package available for $25 from Fare for All Express. The holiday grocery packages will be available for sale Friday, Dec. 4, from 3 to 5 p.m. at the United Labor Centre, 312 Central Ave., Minneapolis.
St. Joan of Arc Church in Minneapolis will host its Third Annual Sustainable Fair Trade Market on Nov. 28 and 29.
Ricardo Levins Morales, known for promoting the integration of art into organizing campaigns and movements for social justice, is opening his own studio and storefront art center in the Longfellow neighborhood of south Minneapolis.
Environmental groups and industrial unions are leaning hard on Minnesota’s U.S. senators, pushing for vigorous, new renewable energy standards that, according to a new report, will revitalize the hard-hit manufacturing sector of the U.S. economy.
Low- and middle-income families in Minnesota pay higher shares of their income in state and local taxes than do Minnesota families with the highest incomes, according to a new study by the Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy.
After a comprehensive interview and screening process, the International Union of Operating Engineers Local 49 has endorsed Speaker of the House, Rep. Margaret Anderson Kelliher, DFL-Minneapolis, in Minnesota’s 2010 gubernatorial race, the union announced.
As Hennepin County Medical Center announced 200 more job cuts on Nov. 18, AFSCME members joined 200 protesters outside the hospital, urging the Legislature to rescue General Assistance Medical Care before Gov. Pawlenty eliminates the program.
It’s been 10 years since environmentalists, union members and faith and social justice activists took to the streets of Seattle to protest the convening of the 1999 World Trade Organization. The Minnesota Fair Trade Coalition will mark this anniversary – and champion a positive vision for global trade – with a series of events Nov. 30 to Dec. 5.
The International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers presents Holiday Lights in the Park, a spectacular and fun drive-through light display that raises funds to help children and adults in the Twin Cities metro area.