Organizing
U of M graduate employees to take union vote in April
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Graduate employees at the University of Minnesota will decide whether they want union representation in on-campus balloting April 11-15.
Organizing
Workers at DHL, contractors seek Teamster representation
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Workers employed by DHL and its independent contractors are joining the Teamsters union in Minnesota and across the country. The struggle hasn’t been easy, however, as employees at one Twin Cities company have been forced into an unfair labor practice strike.
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Private security officers ratify first contract
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Private security officers in St. Paul and Minneapolis ratified their first union contract Saturday ? a ground-breaking step toward improving and standardizing wages, benefits and training across the Twin Cities.
Organizing
State federation, labor council roles expanded
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Top AFL-CIO leaders decided to expand the organizing and political role of state federations and local Central Labor Councils (CLCs). But CLCs that are too small to be effective or ineffective even with new resources will be merged.
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Analysis: Work to revamp AFL-CIO largely unfinished
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As the nation’s union leaders worked through long and sometimes acrimonious meetings of the federation Executive Council in Las Vegas last week, they left a lot undone.
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Union leaders put emphasis on politics; revamp talks continue
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By a substantial margin, the nation’s union leaders adopted a proposal to put the AFL-CIO’s prime emphasis on politics and legislation, with organizing second.
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Unions take sides at AFL-CIO council meeting
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The unions of the AFL-CIO took sides in a critical vote Wednesday, but it appears the real showdown on the labor movement’s future will come at the national federation’s convention in July.
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Graduate employees at 3 campuses file for union election
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In what would be the largest union organizing victory in Minnesota in decades, graduate employees at the University of Minnesota filed for a union representation election on Feb. 11.
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Grad employees learn from past defeats
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The union election for graduate employees at the University of Minnesota should take place by the end April, according to the state Bureau of Mediation Services.
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Labor’s Future
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This special section provides articles and links about the ongoing debate concerning the structure of the AFL-CIO — and the future of the labor movement in the United States.