Organizing
Ellison, immigrant coalitions to be honored
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Keith Ellison will be honored as “Progressive Leader of the Year” at TakeAction Minnesota’s First Annual Progressive Awards Dinner Saturday, Dec. 16.
Organizing
Houston janitors claim victory in first-ever contract
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On the heels of a string of victories in Miami, Los Angeles and Boston that have resulted in dramatic gains for families, more than 5,300 janitors in Houston won higher wages, more hours, and health insurance in their first city-wide union contract.
Organizing
Students take tomato pickers’ fight to the golden arches
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McDonald\’s restaurants are all about making people smile. That is, unless you\’re a worker picking tomatoes for the company\’s salads and sandwiches.
Organizing
‘Burning for change’ event Saturday
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"Burning for change" is the theme of an event Saturday geared to motivating people to vote in the Nov. 7 elections.
Organizing
Unions strike agreement on organizing child-care providers
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Two major unions have reached agreement on plans for organizing child care providers, among the lowest-paid workers in Minnesota.
Organizing
Hotel workers’ campaign posts big wins
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UNITE HERE’s nationwide “Hotel Workers Rising” campaign picked up wins in Chicago, San Francisco and Monterey, Calif., the union reported.
Organizing
Union says security firm is intimidating employees
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SEIU Local 26 has called on Hannon Security, the metro area’s largest nonunion security company, to quit tampering with its officers’ attempts to organize.
Government
Hennepin County, union partner to improve child care
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Significant improvements are on the way for home-based child care as part of a trailblazing partnership between Hennepin County and AFSCME, government and union leaders said.
Organizing
Union keeps up pressure on Holiday Inn Select
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Banging pots and pans, blowing whistles and chanting, demonstrators issued a “wake-up call” Friday to management at the Holiday Inn Select hotel near Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport.
Organizing
Hotel workers renew organizing effort at Holiday Inn Select
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Members of UNITE HERE Local 17 and supporters will demonstrate Friday, July 7, from 8 to 8:30 a.m. at the Holiday Inn Select hotel to demand a “labor peace agreement” with management. It’s been a year since the hotel violated workers’ rights during an organizing drive.