Workday Magazine (https://workdaymagazine.org/2013/06/)
Congressman Keith Ellison will host a forum July 1 on the proposed Trans-Pacific Partnership. Representatives of several organizations will discuss why they oppose this new free trade agreement.
The U.S. Supreme Court will try to sort out the legality of “recess appointments” to the National Labor Relations Board, an issue important to U.S. workers and U.S. presidents.
Union workers at Cretex Companies are stepping up pressure for a fair contract by airing ads on three Twin Cities radio stations.
If your job offers a defined-benefit retirement plan, odds are good you’ve heard it before, maybe even across the negotiating table: Pensions are a relic of the past.
Union members are lauding the U.S. Supreme Court’s 5-4 ruling that the Defense of Marriage Act is unconstitutional, paving the way for the federal recognition of same-sex marriages.
This year’s Midwest School for Women Workers is being combined with the Southern School for Union Women and will be held August 15-18 in Little Rock, Arkansas. The registration deadline has been extended.
Contract negotiations break down over drastic company-proposed 80 percent reduction in long-term retirement benefits for workers at at Cretex Shakopee faclity.
Retail janitors who work for sub-contractors cleaning Target and other stores in the Twin Cities completed a 48-hour strike against their employers recently.
Backed by strong statements from AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka and Service Employees International Union President Mary Kay Henry, dozens of local union leaders from around the nation descended on Capitol Hill this month for a big push for comprehensive immigration reform.
Teamsters are voting, with a deadline of June 20, on new contracts with United Parcel Service and UPS Freight. The contracts cover 250,000 workers, making them the largest private-sector bargaining agreements in the United States.