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Workers at Seward Community Co-op hope to become the next group of co-op employees to win union recognition. On Wednesday, more than 100 workers and supporters marched to three Seward locations, chanting, “Union Power!”
The University of Minnesota Board of Regents has decided not to hold a public hearing on the U budget, so unions representing university workers will organize their own.
It’s that time of year, when college and university students pack commencement ceremonies to accept their diplomas. Away from this pomp and circumstance, there is a less-visible world of graduates in our midst – a group filling well-paying, in-demand jobs, without the student loan debt and with the on-the-job-training that reinforces their chosen career path.
Two congressional Democrats, including one who first raised the alarm two years ago, unveiled legislation for a pilot program on how to give workers in the so-called “gig economy” protections and benefits other workers have.
The Hardman Avenue Workers Center, located at the UFCW Local 1189 hall, will hold a grand opening celebration Thursday, June 8. The center will offer free workshops for people who need assistance or have questions about the immigration process.
Governor Mark Dayton signed state budget bills Tuesday, but vetoed funding for the Minnesota Legislature in an effort to force lawmakers back to the bargaining table to rescind policy measures opposed by many Minnesotans.
The “Labor Movie Night” film series at the East Side Freedom Library will feature “A Brief Vacation” (Italy, 1973, 112 minutes, Rated PG) Tuesday, June 6, at 7 p.m. Admission is free.
Workers at the employee cafeteria located inside the Federal Reserve Bank in Minneapolis have organized with UNITE HERE Local 17, the union reported.
The Minnesota AFL-CIO, the labor federation representing unions across the state, joined Education Minnesota in calling on Governor Mark Dayton to veto an education funding bill passed by the Republican-controlled Legislature. Other organizations urged Dayton to veto finance bills that included provisions harmful to immigrants and low-wage workers.
Leaders of Building Trades unions say contractor Genuine Builders has broken rules, exploited foreign workers and sidelined locals in its hiring practices at the ongoing expansion of the Meadowland Farm Co-op in Walnut Grove, Minn.