Community
Union bricklayer carves a legacy
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Union bricklayer Mark Wickstom, a skilled stone carver, hopes the “Minnesota Rocks” symposium will open people’s eyes to the wonder of his craft.
Community
Final labor history month program features stone carvers
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The Untold Stories series commemorating labor history month concludes Monday, May 22, with Stone Carving: Minnesota and Beyond, a reception to kick off the “Minnesota Rocks” stone-carving symposium.
Community
Documentary examines community’s response to lynching
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How can a community come to terms with a horrible experience like a lynching? That’s the focus of a new film, “Lewis County: Hope & Struggle,” that will have its Twin Cities’ premiere on Wednesday, May 17.
Community
‘Stamp Out Hunger’ at your mailbox Saturday
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On Saturday, for the 14th consecutive year, union Letter Carriers will collect food donations along their routes as part of the nation’s largest one-day food drive.
Community
Longtime Minneapolis Community Services director to retire
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Mary Ystesund has announced her retirement as director of the Community Services program of the Minneapolis Central Labor Union Council (CLUC), effective June 30.
Community
Untold Stories series shows history isn’t all in the past
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Carving out a living behind the wheel, leaving your mark for generations, and the past and present realities of immigrant workers are among topics in this year’s Untold Stories labor history series.
Community
Documentaries focus on migrant workers, Colombia
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Two documentaries ? one focusing on the lives of migrant workers, the other on human rights abuses in Colombia ? will be shown Friday, April 21, as part of the Labor & Community Film Series.
Community
Plumbers aid homeowners through ‘Water’s Off’ Project
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More than 200 professional union plumbers will volunteer to make free plumbing repairs and provide safety inspections for over 250 low-income and disabled homeowners as volunteers with the Water’s Off Project on Saturday, April 8.
Community
Film: ‘The Navigators’ explores the impact of privatization
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“The Navigators,” a 2003 film by director Ken Loach, examines the effect of privatization policies on the employees of British Rail. The film will be shown Wednesday, March 22, as part of the Labor & Community Film Series sponsored by the University of Minnesota Labor Education Service.
Community
Film: ‘Maid in America’ shows life of immigrants
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Maid in America is the next film in the Labor & Community Film Series sponsored by the University of Minnesota Labor Education Service.
In English with Spanish subtitles, it will be shown at 7 p.m. Friday, Jan. 27, at the Resource Center of the Americas, 3019 Minnehaha Ave. S., Minneapolis.