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Protest, Washington D.C. Vlad Tchompalov @tchompalov
Labor, progressive, faith and other organizations will hold a “People’s Party” Thursday on Harriet Island in St. Paul to celebrate the accomplishments of the 2013 legislative session.
Minnesota’s working families will see the most obvious fruits of the 2013 legislative session in their public schools and property-tax bills, but that’s just the tip of the iceberg of investments, reforms and initiatives passed by labor-endorsed majorities in the Legislature this year, union leaders said.
In split votes, the Senate Labor Committee on Wednesday approved Democratic President Barack Obama’s five nominees – three Democrats and two Republicans – for seats on the National Labor Relations Board.
MAPE, the Minnesota Association of Professional Employees, and AFSCME Council 5 denounced the corporate-backed “United for Jobs” initiative as a misleading and deceptive paid advertising campaign.
A top union leader who worked closely with Thomas Perez, President Barack Obama’s nominee to be the nation’s next Secretary of Labor, says Perez can bring labor and progressive firms together, as Perez did in Maryland.
The National Labor Relations Board will ask the U.S. Supreme Court to reverse a ruling earlier this year that retroactively stripped the board, starting in 2012, of its power to decide any labor-management cases.
With no advance public notice or public hearing, the Anoka County board voted 4-2 Feb. 12 to rescind its 23-year-old policy supporting prevailing wage on county-funded construction projects.
Hundreds of members of two Minnesota unions, the Service Employees International Union and the Minnesota School Employees Association, rallied at the state Capitol Wednesday for action on health care, education and living wages.
When it comes to National Labor Relations Board nominations, the story line may be summed up in one phrase: Here we go again.
As the 2013 Legislative session entered its second month, the Minnesota AFL-CIO announced its “Agenda for Middle Class Dignity & Fairness” as a way for state lawmakers to help level the playing field for middle class families.