Workday Magazine (https://workdaymagazine.org/category/community/page/16/)
The National Association of Letter Carriers has set up a memorial fund for the family of Leo Brandt, who died in an accident at the Brooklyn Center branch of the U.S. Postal Service.
Contract negotiations break down over drastic company-proposed 80 percent reduction in long-term retirement benefits for workers at at Cretex Shakopee faclity.
The National Association of Letter Carriers’ Stamp Out Hunger food drive May 11 collected more than one million pounds of food in the Twin Cities metro area, according to preliminary totals.
On Sunday the Minnesota House of Representatives passed H.F. 1377, the Minnesota Homeowners’ Bill of Rights, on a bipartisan vote of 123-0. The bill now heads to Governor Mark Dayton’s desk for signature. A companion version of the bill passed in the Senate Thursday evening.
The Twin City Area Labor Management Council’s 12th annual golf tournament will be Monday, June 24.
Growth & Justice, a Minnesota-based research and advocacy organization, is hosting a speech by human rights and environmental pioneer Van Jones on Sunday, May 19, in St. Paul.
Place a bag of non-perishable food items by your mailbox the morning of Saturday, May 11, and your Letter Carrier will pick it up for donation to local emergency foodshelves.
A team of judges made up of union members, educators and labor journalists has awarded seven prices to History Day projects dealing with workplace issues.
May 1 is International Workers Day. Demonstrations are planned in St. Paul and Duluth to celebrate solidarity and call for comprehensive reform of the nation’s immigration polices.
Service Employees International Union Local 26 President Javier Morillo has been honored with the Paul D. Wellstone Award for Lifetime Commitment to Organized Labor.