U workers petition for fair contracts
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Members of AFSCME Local 3800 and Teamsters Local 320 presented petitions to the office of University of Minnesota President Kaler on Tuesday, urging the administration to bargain fairly with the unions.
Author to speak on origins of ‘Radical Right’
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Nancy MacLean, author of a provocative new book, The Origins of the Radical Right and the Crisis of Our Democracy, will speak Thursday, Nov. 2, at 7 p.m. at the East Side Freedom Library, 1105 Greenbrier St., St. Paul.
Minnesotans play active role at AFL-CIO convention
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The national AFL-CIO convention which met in St. Louis for four days last week included several representatives from Minnesota, some attending their first AFL-CIO convention and some participating in what might be their last.
St. Paul school workers ratify contract
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Nutrition services workers in the St. Paul public schools have ratified a new, two-year contract, their union announced.
AFL-CIO must shine light on past foreign policy, activists say
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As the AFL-CIO held its national convention this week in St. Louis, passing resolutions in support of worker rights and condemning fascism, union members in Minnesota called on the labor federation to shine a light on its past foreign policy practices.
AFL-CIO opposes ‘rising fascism’
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Meeting in its national convention in St. Louis, the AFL-CIO strongly condemned the hate groups of the radical right, including the white supremacists, fascists, neo-Nazis, Ku Klux Klan members, so-called “alt-rightists,”” and their ilk, all now out in the open and responsible for the fatal riot in Charlottesville, Va.
A new Bill of Rights for American workers is born
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In a country of “the too rich and the rest of us,” says AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka, we need a new Workers’ Bill of Rights. Fittingly, that was Resolution 1 at the federation’s recently concluded national convention, “a tool,” as Cecil Roberts of the United Mine Workers put it, “to support our organizing and our political work.”
St. Paul school nutrition workers to vote on tentative contract
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St. Paul public schools nutrition services workers will vote Thursday on a new tentative contract that raises the wages of the lowest-paid employees, Teamsters Local 320 announced. The union, which had authorized a strike if needed, reached the deal after more than 16 hours of mediation.
Mayo hospital cashiers join union
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A group of cashiers at the Saint Marys and Methodist campuses of Mayo Clinic Hospital, employed by Morrison Healthcare, voted unanimously to join SEIU Healthcare Minnesota.
AFL-CIO calls for break with ‘lesser of two evils’ politics
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The AFL-CIO convention called for a break with “lesser of two evil politics,” but came up short when it comes to projecting a clear path to how that will be accomplished.