Striking laborers set rally for Thursday as Fabcon brings in strikebreakers
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A week-long strike at the Fabcon plant in Savage took a new turn Monday when a busload of strikebreakers crossed picket lines established by members of Laborers Local 563.
Fatal refinery, mine blasts sadden and outrage unions
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Fatal explosions at a refinery in Washington state and a coal mine in West Virginia saddened and outraged unions, which sent help for hurting families and investigative teams to the two sites while criticizing the companies involved for putting profits before people.
History series focuses on food and food industry workers
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“Untold Stories,” the annual series of labor history programs sponsored by The Friends of the Saint Paul Public Library, celebrates its 12th year with programs about food industry workers and our food system.
Policy
Unions say job stimulus bill provides much-needed ‘shot in the arm’
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Gov. Tim Pawlenty and DFLers in the Legislature cut through the political gridlock and passed a bipartisan, union-backed bill aimed at stimulating job creation statewide.
Policy
Working Families Day rally focuses on jobs
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Cement mason Jessica Keeley had a message for lawmakers Wednesday at the state Capitol: “We want to collect paychecks – not unemployment checks!” With video.
Organizing
HealthEast Home Care nurses vote to join Minnesota Nurses Association
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Registered Nurses working for HealthEast Home Care have voted to organize and join the Minnesota Nurses Association.
House Speaker praises strikers for taking stand for fair wages
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Striking workers at the Fabcon plant in Savage got a visit Tuesday from Margaret Anderson Kelliher, speaker of the Minnesota House of Representatives, who told them, “I think what you’re fighting for is important here.”
Laborers strike Savage manufacturing plant
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More than 50 members of Construction & General Laborers Local 563 went on strike Monday at Fabcon, Inc., in Savage in response to management demands for a 30 percent cut in wages and “significant” increases in health care premiums, the union said.
Three window cleaners arrested as protest highlights safety concerns
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As an employer lockout of window cleaners entered a second week, three of the locked-out workers risked arrest Monday in a protest to call attention to safety concerns. With video.
Government
AFL-CIO holds Working Families Day at state Capitol
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Rally for good jobs and fair taxes at the Minnesota state Capitol Wednesday, April 7, at noon.