Workday Magazine (https://workdaymagazine.org/2016/07/page/2/)
More than 3,000 delegates convened Monday at the Minneapolis Convention Center to celebrate 100 years of the American Federation of Teachers – and lay out a vision for the future of the 1.6-million-member union.
Henry Ford, founder of Ford Motor Company, vowed on many occasions that he would never allow a labor union. So how did the United Automobile Workers manage to organize the Ford Motor Company 75 years ago?
Educators attending the national convention of the American Federation of Teachers will join with community allies for a rally and march Tuesday, July 19, to mourn Philando Castile and demand “community safety beyond policing.”
On July 1, Monica Bielski Boris succeeded Barb Kucera as director of the University of Minnesota Labor Education Service.
The proposed Democratic Party platform for the 2016 presidential campaign includes language that is close to an outright rejection of the controversial jobs-destroying Trans Pacific Partnership “free trade” pact, union leaders who monitored and attended platform committee hearings say.
Members of the Minnesota Nurses Association, who conducted a one-week strike in late June, have rejected an offer from negotiators for Allina Health.
More than 3,000 educators will gather at the Minneapolis convention center July 18-21 for the annual convention of the American Federation of Teachers. The event will feature an address by Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton and a celebration of the union’s 100th anniversary.
A new report’s recommendation to break up – or privatize – the nation’s veterans’ health care system drew a blast from J. David Cox, president of the American Federation of Government Employees, which represents VA health system workers.
The Minnesota AFL-CIO and Teamsters Local 320 have issued statements mourning the shooting death of Philando Castile, who was killed Wednesday night after his car was stopped by police in Falcon Heights.
After resoundingly rejecting a contract offer from Allina Health, SEIU Healthcare Minnesota members at Unity Hospital in Fridley are keeping up the pressure for a fair settlement.