Workday Magazine (https://workdaymagazine.org/category/community/page/26/)
Participants in the 21st annual ‘Hawgs for Dogs’ motorcycle run this year will ride about 400 miles from Blaine to Montreal, Wis., and back, enjoying the camaraderie of other riders and raising funds for Guide Dogs of America.
Several organizations are holding a forum tonight to discuss creating municipal identification cards for the city of Minneapolis.
The Minnesota AFL-CIO invites union members to march in the 2010 GLBT Pride Parade Sunday, June 27, in Minneapolis. Marchers are encouraged to wear union t-shirts and bring union banners.
A student-planned project to install solar panels at Chisago Lakes Middle School is a success, thanks in part to International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers Local 110.
Amidst all that’s new at the new Minnesota Twins ballpark, fans will experience something familiar: the sound of live organ music accompanying the game. The musician at the keyboard is Sue Nelson, a member of Twin Cities Musicians Union Local 30-73.
A “People’s Movement Assembly” will be held in Minneapolis Saturday in preparation for the US Social Forum. Union members are encouraged to attend this historic social justice organizing event.
It stars Sally Field. It won two Academy Awards. It’s probably the most widely known union movie in this country. It’s “Norma Rae.”
“Untold Stories,” the annual series of labor history programs sponsored by The Friends of the Saint Paul Public Library, concludes this week with readings and film excerpts about food industry workers and our food system.
A remembrance will be held at the state Capitol Tuesday for Mark McAfee, a member of the AFSCME Council 5 political staff, who died unexpectedly May 6.
The nation’s largest one-day food drive takes place Saturday, May 8, sponsored by the National Association of Letter Carriers. The goal: to collect more than one billion pounds of food nationwide.