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Coon Rapids nursing home workers organize with AFSCME
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About 70 workers at Park River Estates Care Center in Coon Rapids are the newest members of AFSCME Council 5 after winning a union election in June.
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AFSCME elects new president
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In an election that marked the changing of the guard at one of the nation’s biggest and most politically active unions, AFSCME convention delegates elected Lee Saunders as the union’s new President and running mate Laura Reyes to succeed Saunders as Secretary-Treasurer.
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Part-time firefighters win right to unionize
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Kevin Bruch regularly puts his life on the line – and saves live and property – in his job as a Brooklyn Park firefighter. But because he only works part-time, he has not been eligible to unionize and makes a lower hourly wage than many workers in less dangerous jobs.
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Union vote scheduled at American Airlines
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Overriding company objections and another attempt to stall, the National Mediation Board gave the go-ahead to the union recognition election the Communications Workers sought for 10,000 passenger service agents at American Airlines. Voting via the Internet and electronically, will run from June 21-Aug. 2.
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Workers will get another chance at union at Long Island Target store
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Saying Target illegally threatened to close its Valley Stream, Long Island, store if United Food and Commercial Workers Local 1500 won a recognition vote there, a National Labor Relations Board administrative law judge ordered a rerun election at the 268-worker store.
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Burnsville man is part of ‘Next Generation’
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Chris Koecher believes young workers need to have their voices heard – and he is taking action as part of CWA’s Next Generation.
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Unions disappointed in judge’s decision halting child care vote
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The two unions hoping to represent child care providers in Minnesota voiced disappointment with a Ramsey County District Judge’s decision to halt an election among the workers.
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Union drive among graduate student workers falls short
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Graduate student workers at the University of Minnesota voted 1,857-1,142 against union representation, in results announced Monday by the state Bureau of Mediation Services.
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Workers demonstrate outside Verizon Store in Roseville
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Workers and their supporters from across the Twin Cities staged a demonstration outside the Verizon Store in Roseville Thursday afternoon as part of the Communications Workers of America’s “Verizon National Day of Action.” The demonstration drew more than 30 people, who held signs and banners warning consumers about Verizon\’s corporate greed.
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University graduate student workers begin union vote
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Graduate student workers employed at the University of Minnesota begin voting Monday whether to be represented by a union.