IATSE makes progress on contracts
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Minneapolis Convention Center workers voted Nov. 11 to ratify a new two-year contract, reported Dirk Ostertag, business agent for Local 13 of the International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees (IATSE).
‘We are not just an employee number!’ NWA worker says
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What does it feel like to be an employee at Northwest Airlines? A letter from a longtime Northwest Airlines employee to NWA CEO Doug Steenland will give you some idea.
Met Council employees finally have a contract
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After more than a year without a contract ? and three years without a pay raise ? 500 workers at the Metropolitan Council finally have the first. That means they’re about to get the second.
Faculty at MnSCU campuses ratify pact
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Faculty at university campuses in the Minnesota State Colleges and Universities system overwhelmingly ratified a two-year contract Wednesday.
AFSCME, Hennepin County reach tentative agreement
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Hennepin County workers will receive a 4 percent raise under a tentative contract agreement reached between the county and AFSCME Council 5.
Hennepin County workers rally as talks enter final stretch
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More than 500 Hennepin County employees rallied Monday as negotiations inched forward under the guidance of a state mediator. Nearly 5,000 AFSCME Council 5 members are affected by the contract talks. They have not had a wage increase for three years.
Hennepin County workers rally Monday for fair contract
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Hennepin County workers will rally Monday, Nov. 14, to demand a fair contract. The rally will be at noon on the plaza outside the Hennepin County Government Center, 300 S. 6th St., downtown Minneapolis.
Northwest strikers to unveil corporate campaign
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Striking AMFA members will unveil their new corporate campaign against Northwest Airlines at a rally Saturday, Nov. 19, featuring strategist Ray Rogers.
U of M, AFSCME negotiations stretch on
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AFSCME negotiators go back at it with the University of Minnesota Nov. 14, hoping their next round of bargaining is more productive than the last.
NWA unions buy some breathing room
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Two of the three largest unions at Northwest Airlines have agreed to immediate, interim concessions as a way of avoiding ? at least for now ? the risk of a bankruptcy judge shredding their contracts.