Organizing
MAPE forms women’s caucus
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Members of MAPE, the Minnesota Association of Professional Employees, have formed a Women’s Caucus to promote female leadership in their union.
Organizing
Unions forming labor council in Bloomington
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Home to the Mall of America, the I-494 strip and Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport, the city of Bloomington is where 85,000 residents live and where 100,000 employees work. And thousands of those people are union members.
Organizing
SEIU’s Henry to ‘refocus’ union
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The Service Employees International Union will “refocus” itself by pumping $4 million into organizing African-American and Latino workers, adding more money to its political campaign chest for selected races, and by trying to repair relations with the rest of organized labor – with one exception – says new President Mary Kay Henry.
Organizing
North Memorial Home Health and Hospice workers join SEIU
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Forty home health and hospice workers at North Memorial Home Health and Hospice voted overwhelmingly Wednesday to unite with the 17,000 members of SEIU Healthcare Minnesota, the union announced.
Organizing
National AFL-CIO brings Organizing Institute to Twin Cities
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The AFL-CIO Organizing Institute will host a three-day training for union members May 21-23 in St. Paul.
Organizing
SEIU President Andy Stern to resign
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Service Employees President Andy Stern announced he will resign as head of the 2.2-million-member union. He set no date but an SEIU spokeswoman said he will leave “within a month.”
Organizing
HealthEast Home Care nurses vote to join Minnesota Nurses Association
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Registered Nurses working for HealthEast Home Care have voted to organize and join the Minnesota Nurses Association.
Organizing
May 21: LES sponsors half-day program on women’s leadership
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On May 21, the University of Minnesota Labor Education Service will sponsor another in its series of educational programs for working women.
Organizing
Flight simulator technicians fail in effort to get union
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Despite a high number of votes for the International Association of Machinists, the election for 91 flight simulator technicians at the recently merged Delta Air Lines and Northwest Airlines was declared invalid by the National Mediation Board when fewer than 50 percent plus one of eligible employees participated.
Organizing
TSA organizing gets boost from Franken visit
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Meeting with Transportation Security Administration officers at Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport Monday, Senator Al Franken pledged support for the officers’ organizing drive and said he supports their right to negotiate a union contract.