Workday Magazine (https://workdaymagazine.org/category/community/page/22/)
Minnesota’s largest labor federation Monday declared its opposition to the proposed constitutional amendment defining marriage as the union of one man and one woman, which will go before the state’s voters in November 2012.
Debuting as part of the Minnesota Fringe Festival, “The Silent Room: A Worker’s Musical” is meant to take the audience on a journey through the labor battle brewing at many of America’s corporate chains.
The July 23 concert by rock superstars U2 at TCF Bank Stadium brought hundreds of work hours for members of Local 13 of the International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees.
“The Molly Maguires” is featured at Labor Movie Night in Duluth on Thursday.
Unions and their allies in civil rights, womens’ rights, community and faith groups have launched a new national campaign to recruit millions of new givers of eldercare, improve and enhance those workers’ rights and ensure needed care for the coming millions of elderly clients.
In 1931, postal worker and World War I veteran Arthur Lee moved into a new home in south Minneapolis at 4600 Columbus Ave. — where he, his wife and young daughter faced crowds of more than 1,000 people protesting violently to the presence of the black family in what had been an all-white neighborhood.
The 62nd season of the Minneapolis Pops Orchestra begins Saturday, July 2, with a 7:30 p.m. concert at Lake Harriet Bandshell in Minneapolis.
The Letter Carriers’ annual “Stamp Out Hunger” food drive, the biggest single food drive in the U.S., garnered 70.6 million pounds of donated food on May 14, just short of the all-time yearly record set in 2010, the union said.
Members of unions including the Minnesota Nurses Association and National Association of Letter Carriers Branch 9 marched Sunday in the Twin Cities Pride Parade.
Laborers Union members and members of the community who support creating jobs by rebuilding Minnesota\’s crumbling infrastructure are gathering to "Build Minnesota So Minnesota Works!" The rally will take place on Friday, June 17, at 1:30PM on the Historic Stone Arch Bridge in Downtown Minneapolis.