Target Center scoreboard crew eligible to unionize
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The workers who operate the scoreboard and video display for Minnesota Timberwolves and Lynx games at Target Center are eligible to unionize, the National Labor Relations Board has ruled.
Federal lawmakers seek to crack down on wage theft
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Saying too many bosses steal workers’ wages, congressional Democrats introduced legislation to crack down on wage theft, through stiff fines, enabling worker class action suits, and, in the worst cases, threats of criminal prosecution.
Unions wary as new NAFTA talks start
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Union presidents in the United States and Canada are casting a wary, skeptical eye on U.S. and Canadian negotiators as talks on crafting a “new NAFTA’ opened in Washington.
State employees ratify new, two-year contracts
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Two of Minnesota’s largest public worker unions – AFSCME Council 5 and MAPE – have ratified new, two-year contracts covering more than 300,000 workers employed by the State of Minnesota.
Hundreds attend ceremony honoring Capitol construction workers
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A simple question, “Who were the workers who built the Minnesota State Capitol?” was the catalyst for efforts leading to the dedication of a commemorative plaque during Sunday’s grand opening of the newly restored building.
CWA members back reproductive choice
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By a show of hands and with – surprisingly – no dissent, Communications Workers of America members adopted a report strongly backing reproductive choice. The reproductive choice stand was one of a dozen reports and resolutions the unionists approved at their two-day convention in Pittsburgh, Aug. 7-8.
Letter Carriers president questions Postal Service management
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A two-cent cut in the price of a first-class stamp, which cut Postal Service revenue by $500 million in the last three months and $1.5 billion in the first nine months of its current fiscal year, put USPS back in the red so far this fiscal year, a top postal union leader says. Editor’s note: This story is corrected from an earlier version.
Trumka condemns views and actions of white supremacists
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National AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka, on behalf of the nation’s labor unions, issued a statement condemning “the hateful views and violent actions of white supremacists and neo-Nazis” in Charlottesville, Va. The statement followed the deaths of a young woman and two state troopers during demonstrations by white supremacists.
Descendants of Capitol builders gather for Sunday commemoration
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In 1898, laying of the cornerstone of the Minnesota State Capitol began with pomp and circumstance – but little attention to the hundreds of workers who would make it happen. This Sunday, 112 years after the building’s 1905 completion, scores of descendants will gather to commemorate the contributions of the Capitol builders.
AFL-CIO backs Medicare for All
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A strong endorsement of government-run, single-payer Medicare for All as the ultimate solution to U.S. health care ills highlighted position statements from the summer AFL-CIO Executive Council meeting.