Organizing
Asian-American unionists step up fight for equality
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Improving racial and gender diversity in the nation\’s union leadership emerged as one of two key themes of the biennial convention of the Asian-Pacific American Labor Alliance.
Organizing
IBEW questions temp agency hiring practices
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The International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers is pressuring a St. Paul temp agency to explain why it refused to place fully qualified, union electricians into a recently advertised opening.
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NLRB administrative law judge vindicates ‘Rochester 19’
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An NLRB Administrative Law Judge has ruled in favor of the Rochester Holiday Inn Express workers who were fired a few days before Christmas 2006.
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Nearly 500 workers vote to join health care union
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Service and maintenance employees at Abbott Northwestern Hospital – 441 in all – have voted to join SEIU Healthcare Minnesota.
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Minneapolis City Council supports EFCA
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The Minneapolis City Council passed a resolution Friday urging Congress to pass the Employee Free Choice Act, legislation supporting workers\’ rights to organize unions.
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Solidarity dinner to benefit farm workers
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A Workers\’ Solidarity Dinner to support the Coalition of Immokalee Workers will be held Thursday at Bethany Lutheran Church in Minneapolis.
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Building Trades gather for annual convention
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Construction union members from across Minnesota gather this week in Mankato for the annual convention of the Minnesota Building and Construction Trades Council.
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Celebration at Walker Methodist
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After a four-year struggle, workers at Walker Methodist Care Center in south Minneapolis finally won recognition of their union, AFSCME. They celebrated with a picnic last month and music by the Fire Roast Mountain Boys.
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Organizing efforts build at Jennie-O
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Efforts to form a union at the Jennie-O Turkey Store in Faribault intensified this week after the National Labor Relations Board found the company guilty of unfair labor practices.
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Unions, allies rally to demand passage of Employee Free Choice Act
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Defying 97-degree heat, heavy humidity and a planned Republican filibuster, several thousand workers and their allies rallied in Washington Tuesday to demand the Senate pass the Employee Free Choice Act.