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Protest, Washington D.C. Vlad Tchompalov @tchompalov
As state lawmakers ponder bonding legislation to build and repair schools, parks and rail lines, Building Trades union members will be watching closely. Investment in infrastructure is important to everyone, but it directly affects the number of jobs for construction workers.
A federal judge has permanently enjoined the Department of Defense from implementing three significant sections of its proposed new personnel rules which are opposed by organized labor.
The AFL-CIO is demanding comprehensive federal action to truly help the millions of people — including 511,000 union members — who lost their homes, their jobs and their way of life to Hurricane Katrina.
Scores jammed a hearing room to oppose a Pawlenty administration change in apprenticeship rules that could slash wages for thousands of Minnesota workers.
Protect public services, members of AFSCME told state lawmakers as the Minnesota Legislature opened its 2006 session Wednesday. Members of the public employee union rallied to demand accountability and an end to government shutdowns — and oppose privatization of public services.
Every Minnesotan will have a guaranteed right to health care and the state will invest in its future by repairing and building new schools and other infrastructure, if proposals supported by the labor movement are enacted this year at the state Capitol.
Working people will advocate for their concerns at the state Capitol through several “Days on the Hill” organized by unions. The first happens Wednesday –the opening day of the 2006 legislative session — when public employees plan to rally.
Voters in the Brooklyn Center and Spring Lake Park school districts will go to the polls Tuesday, Feb. 28, to vote on school levy requests that proponents say are needed to maintain essential services.
Minnesota legislators are drafting bills to make striking mechanics from Northwest Airlines eligible for state unemployment and job retraining benefits.
The newly formed Alliance for a Better Minnesota is questioning Governor Tim Pawlenty’s record on education, health care and government spending ? and is asking Minnesotans to share their experiences at a special website.