Musicians to mark one-year anniversary of lockout
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The musicians of the Minnesota Orchestra will mark the one-year anniversary of being locked out of their jobs with a rally Tuesday outside Orchestra Hall.
Hennepin County workers step up pressure for fair contracts
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Social workers, child support staff, probation officers, librarians and numerous other employees of Hennepin County say they are fed up with contract offers that don’t reward their hard work.
Bragg lends star power to union rally at U of M
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Folk-rocker Billy Bragg gave a union rally at the University of Minnesota a kick in the pants Thursday, performing an impromptu, two-song set on the steps of Morrill Hall – and throwing his support behind the U’s frontline workers as they bargain for affordable health care coverage.
Unions co-sponsor forum Tuesday on fair courts
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Unions are co-sponsoring a forum Tuesday in Rochester to examine whether the system of choosing judges should be changed.
Hennepin County workers demonstrate Monday for fair contract
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Workers in Hennepin County represented by AFSCME will demonstrate Monday at the Government Center for a fair contract.
Federal employees mobilize against potential government shutdown
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Here we go again. With the federal government facing yet another politically inspired shutdown at midnight Sept. 30, the American Federation of Government Employees has had to mobilize yet again.
AFSCME to rally Thursday for affordable health care
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AFSCME members at the University of Minnesota will lead a rally Thursday for affordable and accessible health care for all. Internationally-known folk singer and activist Billy Bragg will perform, the union announced.
California passes Domestic Workers Bill of Rights
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On the heels of the national AFL-CIO Convention in Los Angeles and a lobbying blitz in the state capitol of Sacramento, domestic workers and union allies won California legislative votes for the Domestic Workers Bill of Rights.
SEIU Healthcare Minnesota celebrates 80th anniversary, welcomes home care workers
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Service Employees International Union Healthcare Minnesota celebrated its 80th anniversary this weekend by welcoming home care workers who hope to join the union.
Artists organizing through Dancers’ Alliance
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The recent national AFL-CIO convention in Los Angeles highlighted many innovative ways that workers are organizing to improve their wages and working conditions. Among the groups that were featured was the Dancers’ Alliance, which won a landmark contract in 2012 for dancers in music videos.