Organizing
‘Next Up’ Summit brings hundreds of young workers to Minneapolis
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More than 700 young workers are gathered in Minneapolis for a summit that organizers hope will inject new energy into the labor movement and put a focus on jobs.
Organizing
Teamsters add 1,000 members at UPS Freight
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The Teamsters used card-check recognition, as agreed upon with the company, to add almost 1,000 clerical workers at five UPS Freight terminals around the country, the union said on Aug. 24. Campaigns continue at another 80 terminals, it added.
Organizing
Minnesota union members give Wisconsin recall campaigns a boost
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Last spring Wisconsin’s working families took to the streets to protest an unprecedented legislative attack on union rights. Next Tuesday, voters in six Wisconsin Senate districts will take to the polls, voting in recall elections targeting six Republicans who supported Gov. Scott Walker’s plan to strip public employees of their right to bargain collectively.
Organizing
SAG, AFTRA renew merger effort
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The Screen Actors Guild and the American Federation of Television and Radio Artists are making another attempt to merge, with the active encouragement of the AFL-CIO.
Organizing
Airport screeners vote to join American Federation of Government Employees
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By just over 450 votes, the American Federation of Government Employees won a two-union runoff to represent the nation’s 43,000 airport screeners, formally known as Transportation Security Officers.
Community
LiUNA will rally to
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Laborers Union members and members of the community who support creating jobs by rebuilding Minnesota\’s crumbling infrastructure are gathering to "Build Minnesota So Minnesota Works!" The rally will take place on Friday, June 17, at 1:30PM on the Historic Stone Arch Bridge in Downtown Minneapolis.
Organizing
Donato celebrated as ‘leader, mentor, friend’
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Anyone clouded by cynicism about the labor movement these days ought to have been at the Italian American Club in Minneapolis April 20. Members of the National Association of Letter Carriers and others gathered there that night for a send-off for Branch 9 President Pam Donato, who is moving to Washington, D.C. to work as special assistant to NALC president Fredric Rolando.
Organizing
Airport TSOs vote to unionize
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In one of the biggest union elections in recent years, transportation security officers at the nation’s airports have voted to unionize.
Organizing
Working America members to promote King legacy Monday in Minneapolis
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Members of Working America will gather signatures in downtown Minneapolis Monday on petitions for good jobs, secure retirement, quality public education and the rights of workers to advocate for themselves on the job.
Organizing
Cleaning workers demand end to retaliation
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Cleaning workers and allies gathered Thursday to call on Cub Foods to end retaliation and violent reactions to peaceful protests and to meet with cleaning workers to establish a code of conduct. With video.