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With an agreement on the state budget in doubt – and only days remaining in the 2017 legislative session – groups are urging Governor Mark Dayton to stop any attempts to incorporate or otherwise pass a measure undermining local government control and revoking Minneapolis and St. Paul earned sick and safe time ordinances.
Governor Mark Dayton vetoed a transportation bill Monday that would have slashed funding for Metro Transit bus and rail services by $17.5 million over the next two years.
Some 21,000 workers at AT&T Mobility, including several hundred in Minnesota, will strike Friday if the company and the Communications Workers of America do not reach agreement on a new contract, the union said.
Nabisco workers from across the country gathered outside the Lincolnshire, Ill. site of the annual Mondelēz International shareholders meeting Wednesday morning, to hold a large rally in protest of the company’s continued outsourcing of jobs, disregard of American workers and communities.
Register by June 1 for the 2017 Midwest School for Women Workers, planned for July 16-20 at the University of Wisconsin in Madison.
The University of Minnesota Labor Education Service is accepting applications for the 2017-2018 Minnesota Union Leadership Program.
With the Legislature poised to eliminate funding for the state’s Passenger Rail Office, rail supporters hope to pack public meetings in Sandstone, Duluth and Coon Rapids.
Two of Minnesota’s largest public worker unions – AFSCME Council 5 and MAPE – launched a “Cuts Hurt Minnesota” campaign on social media this week to expose harmful budget cuts proposed by Republican majorities in the state House and Senate.
PoliGraphix Art Collective and CTUL, a Minneapolis-based worker center, are collaborating on the “General Strike / Huelga General” art exhibit in celebration of strikes, protests and popular resistance.
Supporters of funding for mass transit will rally Tuesday, May 16, at 6 p.m. at the state Capitol, next to the Capitol stop on the light rail green line. They say budget proposals would mean huge cuts to service and higher fares.