Workday Magazine (https://workdaymagazine.org/category/policy/page/28/)
AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka says he has been taking a constant labor message to the Obama White House to concentrate on “jobs, jobs and more jobs, if you want to win in November” in its 2010 off-year elections.
Unions, non-profit organizations and faith communities will rally Thursday at the state Capitol to support legislation that balances the state budget through a combination of cuts and taxes on wealthy Minnesotans.
Education Minnesota announced Saturday that it has endorsed Democratic-Farmer-Labor candidate Margaret Anderson Kelliher for governor of Minnesota.
As the Republican Party meets at the Minneapolis Convention Center today to endorse a candidate for governor, both of the two leading contenders offer poor voting records on working family issues.
Union members will make up one-quarter of the 2,000 delegates participating in this weekend’s DFL Party state convention. While they differ on their choice for governor, they are united in wanting a candidate who will create jobs and support working families.
Almost 60 janitors had lost their jobs due to a decision by HealthPartners clinics to switch from a union janitorial company to a non-union company, SDQ, the workers’ union said. With video.
The “eyes of America are on Detroit and southeast Michigan,” say the organizers of a major gathering of activists that will take place there in late June.
Last-minute tax filers will be greeted by members of AFSCME Council 5 on Tax Day, April 15, at post offices in Anoka, Bemidji, Brainerd, Cambridge, Duluth and Minneapolis. Union volunteers will ask taxpayers a simple question: “Are you tired of paying more so the rich can pay less?”
Cement mason Jessica Keeley had a message for lawmakers Wednesday at the state Capitol: “We want to collect paychecks – not unemployment checks!” With video.
Gov. Tim Pawlenty and DFLers in the Legislature cut through the political gridlock and passed a bipartisan, union-backed bill aimed at stimulating job creation statewide.