Community
Labor booth returns to Game Fair
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This August marks eight years in a row that union members who visit the annual Game Fair in Anoka County will find a booth hosted by the Minneapolis Regional Labor Federation and participating unions.
Community
New exhibit tells story of first responders to bridge collapse
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“Eighty-One Minutes: After the Bridge Collapsed” is a new, permanent exhibit at the Firefighters Hall and Museum focusing on the actions of first responders when the I-35W bridge fell in downtown Minneapolis.
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Union to hold fundraiser for Minnesota flood victims July 26
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Local 1189 of the United Food and Commercial Workers will host a fundraiser for victims of flooding across northeastern Minnesota last month.
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Labor Federation president named to stadium board
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Minneapolis Regional Labor Federation president Bill McCarthy was sworn in last month by Governor Mark Dayton as one of the five members of the Minnesota Sports Facilities Authority, the appointed board that will guide development of the new Minnesota Vikings football stadium.
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Building Trades members help build school playground
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Members of Minneapolis Building Trades unions teamed up with other volunteers, including staff of the Minnesota Vikings, to build a school playground this week in Minneapolis.
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Retired union member offers original play about Joe Hill
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The song, “I Dreamed I Saw Joe Hill Last Night,” popularized by folksinger Joan Baez in the late 1960s, stuck with Keith Reed. Reed, now a retired union member, will direct six performances in June of his original play, “The Murdered Minstrel of Toil: The Joe Hill Story.”
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Young workers stage ‘die-in’ at Wells Fargo
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Challenging the money that Wells Fargo is spending on politics – including funding this fall’s controversial voter ID amendment vote – young workers staged a brief die-in at the bank’s downtown headquarters.
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Demonstrators call on banks to support communities
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Hundreds marched through the streets of downtown Minneapolis on May 11, protesting the recklessness and hypocrisy of Wells Fargo’s dealings with Minnesota’s immigrant community.
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Letter Carriers hold another successful national food drive
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Saturday was the 20th year for the "Stamp Out Hunger" food drive organized across the United States by the National Association of Letter Carriers.
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Take part in Letter Carriers’ food drive Saturday
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Remember to place a bag of non-perishable food items near your mailbox early on the morning of Saturday, May 12, and your letter carrier will pick it up.