Workday Magazine (https://workdaymagazine.org/2012/02/page/2/)
Parents of students in the Robbinsdale Independent School District, 281 will speak out before Tuesday\’s School Board meeting to oppose the district\’s consideration of privatizing school bus service.
Workers locked out of their jobs by two large companies – American Crystal Sugar and Cooper Tire & Rubber – join forces this week for a “Journey for Justice” that includes events across Minnesota.
University of Minnesota Professor Aaron Sojourner, an economist and faculty in the Center for Human Resources & Labor Studies, wrote a commentary in the Feb. 19th Star Tribune challenging the claims of those who would like to make Minnesota a "right to work" state.
The Minnesota Fair Trade Coalition has appointed Josh Wise as its new director to coordinate the coalition’s effort in advocating for federal trade policy that benefits all global citizens and to build support for fair trade practices in local communities.
More than 200 Iron Workers and supporters conducted an area standard picket at a construction site in Lakeville Friday, to call attention to the fact that unskilled and underpaid workers are erecting the steel for a Walmart Supercenter. With video.
Union leaders reacted positively to Governor Mark Dayton\’s State of the State Address, praising his focus on jobs and working cooperatively with the Legislature.
Carrying signs and chanting “Fair contract now!” workers demonstrated Thursday outside the Saint Paul Hotel, where management is proposing a wage and benefit package below that provided by less profitable hotels. With video!
More than 200 people crowded a legislative hearing Wednesday to oppose a proposed amendment to the state Constitution that would limit voting rights by imposing ID requirements. The measure, backed by Republicans, advanced on a party-line vote.
Education Minnesota, the state’s largest union of educators, applauded the announcement that Minnesota has received a federal waiver to sections of the No Child Left Behind law.
Members of UNITE HERE Local 17 will demonstrate in front of the Saint Paul Hotel at noon Thursday to pressure hotel management to negotiate a fair contract.