Workday Magazine (https://workdaymagazine.org/2009/12/page/3/)
Workers at a fuel blending facility in Inver Grove Heights have won an acceptable contract settlement after their union, Teamsters Local 120, stepped up public pressure on their employer, Cenex Harvest States.
Transportation workers deserve the same rights as everyone else when it comes to voting on union representation, leaders of the Flight Attendants and Machinists said Monday at the state Capitol.
President Barack Obama’s Dec. 3 White House summit meeting on jobs produced a raft of ideas from unions and worker allies on job creation — but nothing that could put the 15 million jobless to work tomorrow.
While the recession, health care and the war in Afghanistan dominate the headlines, Minnesotans gathered Saturday to put the focus on the movement for a fair and just global economy.
Hundreds of Twin Cities janitors — joined by Minneapolis Mayor R.T. Rybak, Saint Paul Mayor Chris Coleman and Congressman Keith Ellison — kicked off their contract campaign with a call to “make green cleaning a reality.”
Hear polar explorer Will Steger give a video update from the United Nations Climate Change Conference and view a new film on the environmental crisis Saturday at the Minneapolis Central Library.
Teamsters Local 120 brought a message to stockholders attending the annual meeting of CHS, Inc. Thursday: negotiate in good faith with the union.
Cenex Harvest States, an energy and agricultural conglomerate based in Inver Grove Heights, has raked in record profits in recent years, but members of Teamsters Local 120 who work for the company say those profits are not trickling down to the shop floor.
The Minnesota State Building and Construction Trades Council, which represents 50,000 construction members across the state, has endorsed Sen. Tom Bakk, DFL-Cook, for governor.
Liz Freeberg, one of thousands of unemployed Minnesotans, has a message for those gathered Thursday at President Obama’s White House job summit: “Keep focusing on the fact that this is about putting people back to work.”