Workday Magazine (https://workdaymagazine.org/author/tsuperadmin/page/39/)
The AFL-CIO is planning large-scale outreach to female unionists to vote on Nov. 8, after a federation-sponsored study shows African-American woman voters are the key to whether Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Rodham Clinton wins the White House.
Striking nurses will vote Monday on a three-year contract proposal from Allina that makes some gains on staffing and safety – two of their top issues – but wasn’t good enough to win a recommendation from the union’s bargaining team.
Representatives of Allina Health and the Minnesota Nurses Association are continuing talks in the hopes of ending a nearly month-long strike.
Frustrated by management’s cuts-only approach to contract talks, Steelworkers employed at 3M’s chemicals plant in Cottage Grove voted overwhelmingly Sept. 1 to authorize their bargaining team to call a strike if necessary.
Minnesota’s home care workers are set to begin negotiating a new union contract Friday. At a Capitol press conference Wednesday, workers and their clients framed the talks as an opportunity for the state to begin addressing the workforce crisis in their industry.
Governor Mark Dayton recounted his record in office to the Minnesota AFL-CIO convention Tuesday – and urged union members to turn out to vote Nov. 8.
Delegates to the Minnesota AFL-CIO convention on Sunday deluged Taste of the NFL social media with messages of support for workers organizing at Franklin Street Bakery in Minneapolis.
Federal mediators have called representatives of striking nurses and Allina Health back to the bargaining table, with a session set for Tuesday, Sept. 27. Meanwhile delegates to the AFSCME convention joined striking nurses on the picketline.
Workers from across the state are gathered in Duluth for the biennial convention of the Minnesota AFL-CIO, the labor federation of some 1,000 local unions representing 300,000 members.
Early voting begins Friday, Sept. 23, in Minnesota for the Nov. 8 general election.