Workday Magazine (https://workdaymagazine.org/category/community/page/27/)
Workers of the World Unite! at the Black Dog Café in St. Paul Saturday for a spirited and informative celebration of the 120th anniversary of the adoption of May Day as the official holiday of the International Labor Movement.
Union plumbers will assist low income seniors and disabled homeowners with repair of minor plumbing problems and perform safety checks at this year’s “Water’s Off” community service day on Saturday, March 27.
Demonstrators showered the lobby of the Wells Fargo Center with Monopoly play money Tuesday to protest the bank’s failure to help tens of thousands of Minnesotans facing foreclosure – and management’s refusal to support a fair contract for janitors who clean the bank.
The Minneapolis Area Local of the American Postal Workers Union wants the public to know about the possible sale of four metro area post offices: in Brooklyn Park, Plymouth, Savage and Wayzata.
Janitors who have filed a racial discrimination suit against a Twin Cities cleaning contractor will hold a community meeting Thursday in Minneapolis to discuss their situation.
As a “welcome” nod to Duluth’s new Community Services Program Director Beth Peterson, her colleagues in Minnesota came to Duluth Tuesday for their training meeting.
Growing numbers of people are taking advantage of Fare for All Express to purchase discounted grocery packages. With the onset of cold weather, the Minneapolis program has moved to a new location.
See a free screening on Jan. 19 of “You Got to Move: Stories of Change in the South” in honor of Martin Luther King Day.
Best wishes for economic security, good health and peace on earth in the coming year.
The AFL-CIO’s regional labor federations are sponsoring programs to help unemployed workers and other families in need this holiday season.