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The Take, a documentary about Argentina’s spectacular economic collapse and its effect on working families, will be screened Jan. 21 to Feb. 3 at the Bell Auditorium on the University of Minnesota’s Minneapolis campus.
Workers facing economic struggles around the world can learn from the experiences of the people profiled in The Take, a new documentary, historian Peter Rachleff says.
Workers at the University of Minnesota will hold a potluck fundraiser Jan. 21 to raise money to help people in regions hardest hit by the Asian tsunami.
Unions and union members are mounting relief efforts, donation drives and recovery and rebuilding missions to help the millions of survivors of the Dec. 26 tsunami that devastated coastal communities in Sri Lanka, Thailand, India, Indonesia and other Indian Ocean nations.
Events to honor the legacy of civil rights leader Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. are planned in the Twin Cities Jan. 15-17.
Labor organizations across the globe are mobilizing to help the people of Southeast Asia recover from the earthquake and tsunami disaster, Eric Lee of the Labourstart website reports.
The International Red Cross is coordinating donations to aid the millions of victims in areas of Asia devastated by the tsunami. To donate, go to www.redcross.org and click on the “International Response Fund.”
Members of United Transportation Union Locals 650 and 1614 raised $1,000 at their holiday party to aid Utah miners who have been fired and endured many hardships for trying to form a union.
Here is the current schedule for Minnesota at Work, the weekly cable program sponsored by the Minnesota AFL-CIO and produced by the University of Minnesota Labor Education Service.
The Resource Center of the Americas offers a series of programs this month focusing on immigrants in the labor movement, starting with a film this Friday and discussion on Saturday.