English unions back U of M strikers
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Members of Unison and the University and College Union at the University of Birmingham in England demonstrated solidarity with striking University of Minnesota workers Monday.
Workday Magazine (https://workdaymagazine.org/category/bargaining/page/30/)
Members of Unison and the University and College Union at the University of Birmingham in England demonstrated solidarity with striking University of Minnesota workers Monday.
The strike by clerical, technical and health care workers at the University of Minnesota enters its second week Monday, with numerous actions and support activities planned.
More than 150 University of Minnesota students interrupted a Board of Regents meeting Friday and five were arrested in a nonviolent demonstration in support of striking university workers.
Barring a last-minute return to the bargaining table, AFSCME members at the University of Minnesota will walk off the job Wednesday at campuses in the Twin Cities, Duluth, Morris, Crookston and Rochester. (with video)
AFSCME members at the University of Minnesota are enlisting the help of lawmakers, students, other university workers and the community to build pressure for a fair settlement and avoid a strike. In the meantime, Teamsters Local 320 announced it had reached a tentative agreement covering its members at the university.
The University of Minnesota and four local unions return to the bargaining table Wednesday for the first negotiations since workers authorized their leadership to call a strike that would impede the start of fall semester classes.
Four AFSCME locals representing 3,500 campus workers in Minneapolis, St. Paul, Crookston and Duluth voted Thursday to authorize a strike.
University of Minnesota clerical, health care and technical workers vote Thursday whether to strike rather than accept the latest contract offer from the university administration.
A Labor and Community Strike Support Committee will hold its first meeting Saturday to aid University of Minnesota workers who face a possible walkout.
University of Minnesota clerical, technical and health care workers, represented by AFSCME, are organizing for a strike, their union announced.