Northwest Airlines Machinists to hold ‘strength and unity’ rally
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IAM Local Lodge 1833 members at Northwest Airlines will hold a Strength and Unity Rally Thursday, May 11, at 5 p.m.
Steelworkers strike Hibbing nursing home
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Members of United Steelworkers Local 9349 walked off the job at Guardian Angels nursing home early Friday in what they describe as an unfair labor practice strike.
Hospital workers hold second ‘Bake Sale for Health Care’
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As part of an ongoing campaign to get a fair contract, members of Service Employees International Union Local 113 held a “Bake Sale for Health Care” Thursday outside Fairview University Hospital.
Pilots ratify contract with Northwest Airlines
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Northwest Airlines pilots, represented by the Air Line Pilots Association, have voted to ratify a
new contract, the union announced. The concessionary contract, designed to
help NWA emerge from bankruptcy, was approved by a 63.42 percent to 36.58
percent margin.
Minneapolis workers rally Friday for fair contract
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Members of AFSCME Local 9 will rally for a fair contract Friday, April 21, at 11:45 a.m. on the Federal Courthouse Plaza (across from City Hall) in downtown Minneapolis.
St. Paul requires school bus companies to give drivers sick pay
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School bus companies will have to provide paid sick leave for drivers if they expect to provide service in St. Paul beginning this fall.
Airline Machinists to conduct informational picketing
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International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers Local Lodge 1833 members will conduct informational picketing on April 20 and 27 and May 4 at Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport “to fight for the integrity of our jobs and secure our future at Northwest Airlines.”
Coalition asks hospitals to balance bottom line and health
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As Minnesotans filed their income tax returns Monday, a coalition of community, faith and labor organizations called on Twin Cities hospitals to live up to their non-profit, tax-exempt status by providing affordable health insurance for employees, which they say would relieve taxpayers and improve the health of our communities.
Consumers League warns of potential crisis in U.S. skies
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Saying a Bush administration scheme to impose a contract, with pay cuts, on the nation’s 16,000 air traffic controllers could cause “a potential crisis” in U.S. skies, the National Consumers League joined the fight by the controllers’ union for a better pact.
Bankruptcy judge gives NWA, ground workers a new deadline
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A trial resumes May 15 in New York to determine whether Northwest Airlines gets bankruptcy court permission to throw out the union contracts covering its ground workers.