Workday Magazine (https://workdaymagazine.org/category/organizing/page/30/)
Delegates to the national AFL-CIO convention made history Wednesday by electing a team of top officers that includes two women and the youngest person ever elected to a major AFL-CIO position. Delegates also issued strong declarations in support of diversity, a strong economy and improved living standards for all workers.
It’s not often you hear the words “cheerleader” and “labor movement” in the same sentence. Former Minnesota Vikings cheerleader Allison Drusch embodies both as a member-activist for Working America.
On the second day of the AFL-CIO convention, delegates heard from Labor Secretary Hilda Solis, and union members — led by filmmaker Michael Moore — spoke out for single payer health care.
Minneapolis Labor Review editor Steve Share has captured some of the sights and sounds of the first day of the AFL-CIO convention.
Workday Minnesota is in Pittsburgh this week to report on the issues facing working people — and the labor movement\’s plans for addressing everything from the economic crisis and health care to the future for young workers.
The International Association of Machinists & Aerospace Workers has taken a major step toward representing all ground workers at Delta Airlines.
Shar Knutson, president of the St. Paul Regional Labor Federation, was elected Monday to lead the 300,000-member Minnesota AFL-CIO. Knutson will become the first woman president in the history of the statewide organization.
Delegates to the annual convention of the Minnesota Building & Construction Trades Council elected a new president and secretary-treasurer for their statewide organization.
The Minnesota State Retiree Council, AFL-CIO, will hold its Thirteenth Annual Convention on Wednesday, Aug. 12, at the Operating Engineers Local 49 Hall in Minneapolis.
Yarusso-Bros. Italian Restaurant recently reopened its doors to the public with a grand celebration inside the East Side establishment. Outside, union electricians unfurled a large banner made just for the occasion.