Organizing
Delta Air Line workers plan major organizing rally
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Workers at Delta Air Lines will hold a major rally Sunday to promote their efforts to unionize thousands of workers at the carrier.
Nursing home caregivers take stand for quality care
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At five locations across Minnesota, hundreds of caregivers and community allies demonstrated in support of nursing home workers and residents.
Policy
Emmer, Horner would raise taxes on middle class, analyst says
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Proposals by gubernatorial candidates Tom Emmer and Tom Horner to balance the state budget would result in massive tax increases for the middle class, a tax expert asserted Monday.
Rail workers engage in safety training
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Workers fully clad in hazardous-material suits descended on the St. Paul Labor Centre parking lot Sept. 29, unfurling yellow caution tape and scurrying toward pipes and barrels leaking indeterminate liquids.
Students, staff blast ‘corporatization’ of university
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Students and staff rallied Thursday to condemn the growing “corporatization” of the University of Minnesota and join in a National Day of Action to Defend Public Education.
Community
As weather turns cooler, volunteer Pipefitters keep the heat on
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Project Heat’s On, the Twin Cities Pipefitters’ volunteer effort to service and clean furnaces for low-income, elderly and disabled homeowners, celebrated its 25th anniversary this year, and the mayors of both cities issued official proclamations declaring “Heat’s On Day” in their communities.
Community
Union electricians take part in Habitat for Humanity
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Union electricians, members of Local 110 of the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers, are among 2,000 volunteers participating in Twin Cities Habitat for Humanity’s push to build or rehabilitate dozens of houses in Minneapolis and St. Paul this week.
Community
Expo focuses on work/life issues
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A day-long event Thursday will feature panel discussions on workplace flexibility topics and awards for employers that are leading the way on work-life flexibility.
Rally at university Thursday to support public education
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Students, staff, faculty and community members concerned about the effects of budget cuts to public education will rally Thursday at noon at the University of Minnesota.
Organizing
Change to Win elects Hansen, Hoffa as leaders
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The Change To Win board elected United Food and Commercial Workers President Joe Hansen as the labor federation’s new chair on Sept. 30. It also elected Teamsters President James Hoffa as secretary-treasurer.