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This year’s Untold Stories series kicks off Monday, May 2, with a program that looks beyond the U.S. Supreme Court’s recent decision in the Friedrichs case – and provides insight into the future for public employees in Minnesota.
“When I was no longer able to use my right hand, do you know what they told me? ‘You are no longer useful – you are fired.’”
They’ve done cabinetry and millwork for high-profile clients like the Minnesota Timberwolves and Lynx. Their handiwork graces the lobbies of hotels and the reception areas of hospitals.
The Labor Education Service will offer a class on Advanced Grievance Handling on Wednesday, May 18, from 5:30 to 8:30 p.m. on the University’s Minneapolis campus.
Members of Amalgamated Transit Union Local 1005 will vote May 8 and 9 on a tentative contract settlement with Metro Transit, the union announced.
The world lost a musical icon on April 21. You’ll read about his impact as a musician and an entertainer elsewhere, but let’s take a second to look at Prince’s career-spanning fights on behalf of working people.
Minnesota unions will join labor organizations across the country this week to remember those who have suffered and died on the job and to renew the fight for safe jobs.
Members of Amalgamated Transit Union Local 1005 had hoped to vote on a tentative contract April 10, but the balloting was cancelled after union leaders discovered problems with the contract language.
When the legendary Nye’s Polonaise in northeast Minneapolis shut its doors for good April 3, about 40 members of UNITE HERE Local 17 lost their jobs. The workers, however, received a severance package, thanks to their union.
The annual May Day / International Workers Day march will be held Friday, April 29, in Minnepolis, organizers announced.