Organizing
Laborers air radio ads slamming Fleet Farm practices
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Radio ads in key markets will soon be airing that expose the troubling labor practices of a mega-retailer in Minnesota.
Policy
Eleven arrested on 10th Ave bridge during jobs march
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Eleven activists including the Rev. Paul Slack, pastor of New Creation Church were arrested in an act of non-violent civil disobedience on Thursday as a crowd of about 400-500 marchers demanding good jobs shut down traffic on the 10th Avenue bridge during the evening rush hour.
Organizing
Child care providers will vote in union election
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Governor Mark Dayton issued an executive order Tuesday authorizing a union election among licensed, in-home child-care providers who participate in the state’s Child Care Assistance Program.
Policy
‘Bridge the Jobs Gap’ march Thursday in Minneapolis
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After multiple votes by Congress to block President Obama’s jobs plan, clergy, unemployed workers, and local residents will march to “Bridge the Jobs Gap” Thursday, Nov. 17, in Minneapolis.
Union hosts gathering for veterans locked out at sugar plants
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Veterans and union members gathered at the Fargo Labor Temple Friday to commemorate Veterans Day and to honor the service of the many veterans who now find themselves locked out by their employer, American Crystal Sugar.
NLRB says Jimmy John’s has broken labor law — again
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The Jimmy John’s restaurant group in Minneapolis has broken labor law in its campaign to keep the Industrial Workers of the World from organizing its nine Twin Cities-area outlets, again.
Organizing
More meatpacking workers choose UFCW
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The United Food and Commercial Workers gained its second big union recognition election win at a meatpacker in two weeks on Nov. 4, just before the union and an international union federation met to discuss the impact of increasing concentration of the retail grocery industry into just a few megafirms.
Policy
Thousands of veterans would lose jobs if Congress passes postal legislation
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Postal unions have launched a new TV ad that salutes our nation’s “real life heroes” and points out that a bill pending in the House of Representatives would force the Postal Service to fire tens of thousands of military veterans.
Policy
Minnesota AFL-CIO to hold two-day political conference
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To prepare for the 2012 session of the state Legislature and the 2012 election year, the Minnesota AFL-CIO is planning a two-day training conference Nov. 15-16.
Policy
Local workers sit on sidelines while Fleet Farm builds with out-of-state, low-wage labor
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Cheap, unskilled labor is being imported to build a Mills Fleet Farm in Carver, while the company profits from a public subsidy and snubs the high-skilled craft workers who live in the project’s backyard, the Laborers union says.