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Graduate student workers to discuss unionization
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Graduate students employed at the University of Minnesota will hold a town hall meeting Thursday to discuss unionization.
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Machinists condemn dismissal of claims against Delta Air Lines
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The International Association of Machinists & Aerospace Workers Wednesday condemned the National Mediation Board’s dismissal of charges that Delta Air Lines illegally interfered in a union election among fleet service workers.
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Unions slam judge’s order delaying child care provider vote
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AFSCME Council 5 and SEIU Local 284, the unions seeking to represent child care providers, slammed Ramsey County Judge Dale Lindman’s decision to delay a union election among the providers.
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Medline builder promises to use union labor on new contracts
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An Oct. 19 protest by Minneapolis Building Trades members questioning the use of out-of-state, non-union labor for the Medline project in Rogers has produced a result.
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Lawsuit shouldn’t block child care union vote, backers say
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Efforts to derail a union vote by child care providers are frivolous and won’t stand up in court, organizers for AFSCME said.
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Hoffa wins re-election as Teamsters president
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Incumbent Teamsters President James Hoffa was re-elected to a 4th term in final results announced by an independent overseer Nov. 18.
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Laborers air radio ads slamming Fleet Farm practices
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Radio ads in key markets will soon be airing that expose the troubling labor practices of a mega-retailer in Minnesota.
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Child care providers will vote in union election
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Governor Mark Dayton issued an executive order Tuesday authorizing a union election among licensed, in-home child-care providers who participate in the state’s Child Care Assistance Program.
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More meatpacking workers choose UFCW
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The United Food and Commercial Workers gained its second big union recognition election win at a meatpacker in two weeks on Nov. 4, just before the union and an international union federation met to discuss the impact of increasing concentration of the retail grocery industry into just a few megafirms.
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Mauer Chevrolet leaves union electricians on the bench
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Twins catcher Joe Mauer has a union contract. The same can’t be said for electricians wiring a new service facility at Mauer Chevrolet in Inver Grove Heights, owned by Joe’s brother Billy Mauer.