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Window cleaners seek union representation
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Workers who hang from skyscrapers, cleaning windows on some of the area\’s largest and tallest buildings, are seeking union representation.
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Jennie-O Turkey Store cited for anti-union actions
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Jennie-O Turkey Store has required employees to sign anti-union petitions, in violation of federal labor law, the National Labor Relations Board has ruled.
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Senate vote this week on Employee Free Choice Act
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The Senate is expected to begin debate on the Employee Free Choice Act this week, with a vote to come as early as Wednesday.
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Rutgers University workers go union
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Workers at Rutgers University have joined the American Federation of Teachers, the union announced.
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Worker rights supporters take message to business meetings
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Union members crashed an informational luncheon hosted by the National Federation of Independent Business Thursday at the historic Lowell Inn downtown Stillwater.
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National Call-In Week for EFCA
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Union activists and allies in Minnesota are calling U.S. Senator Norm Coleman as part of a national call-in to support the Employee Free Choice Act.
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Community forum will hear workers’ stories
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Workers will describe their efforts to gain a voice on the job at a community forum Thursday, June 14, in St. Paul.
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Fired Circuit City employees turn to union
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A second round of mass firings by the big electronics retailer Circuit City — many of them at its Richmond, Va., headquarters — prompted some workers there to contact the Retail, Wholesale and Department Store Union in New York.
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Walker Methodist workers win union after four-year struggle
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After four long years, workers are celebrating recognition of their union at Walker Methodist Health Center.
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Rally Monday to protest Circuit City firings
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AFL-CIO unions will rally Monday at the Circuit City store in Roseville to protest the company\’s decision to fire thousands of workers and to call for U.S. Senate passage of the Employee Free Choice Act.