Teamsters fear lockout at Honeywell
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Honeywell International may lock out approximately 1,000 Teamster-represented workers at four separate manufacturing facilities in and around Minneapolis, the union warned Monday. The collective bargaining agreement expires at midnight Jan. 31.
Union members join in nationwide women’s march
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Union members were among the 100,000 people who marched Saturday in the Minnesota Women’s March in St. Paul – and filled the streets in cities across the nation, including Washington, D.C., where half a million people participated.
Voting rights advocates ponder strategy
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Advocates of enforcing and advancing voting rights for minorities, women, students, the elderly and the poor, faced with an incoming hostile GOP government, are pondering strategies to defend and add voters nationwide.
Strikers, allies pledge ‘new resistance’ as Trump takes office
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The advent of Donald Trump’s administration won’t slow down efforts to organize or to keep corporations accountable, progressive groups vowed Friday. Striking Home Depot workers and their allies pledged a “new resistance” that would ramp up efforts to raise wages and improve their lives.
Groups from Mexico, Canada and the United States demand NAFTA replacement
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Anticipating an announcement from U.S. President-elect Donald Trump to either renegotiate or withdraw from NAFTA, civil society networks from Mexico, the United States, Canada and Quebec are making clear to their governments that any renegotiation process must be transparent and participatory, and that the resulting NAFTA replacement must improve peoples’ lives and livelihoods and protect the environment in all three countries.
Cannabis workers ratify union contract
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Medical cannabis workers represented by United Food and Commercial Workers Union Local 1189 unanimously ratified a new, three-year Agreement with their employer, Minnesota Medical Solutions.
Rally, strike planned to mark Trump inauguration
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Educators will rally Thursday night and retail janitors plan to strike Friday to make their voices heard as Donald Trump is inaugurated as president of the United States.
Martin Luther King linked civil, labor and human rights
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Sunday would have been the 88th birthday of the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., whose activism linked the causes of civil, labor and human rights.
Foes marshal evidence against Labor Secretary nominee
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With the Senate confirmation hearing looming for Andrew Puzder, the fast-food magnate whom Republican President-elect Donald Trump nominated to be Secretary of Labor, foes of the Puzder selection are marshaling evidence to try to convince senators to reject him.