Workday Magazine (https://workdaymagazine.org/category/policy/page/41/)
On Saturday, the sixth anniversary of the plane crash that killed U.S. Senator Paul Wellstone, union leaders and elected officials evoked the spirit of Minnesota\’s "labor senator" to rally members in the final days before Nov. 4.
Barbara Ehrenreich, author of "Nickel and Dimed: On Not Getting By in America," "This Land is Their Land" and 13 other books, will be the featured speaker at the 25th anniversary celebration of the JOBS NOW Coalition.
A top union pension official says local and international unions have "no silver bullet" to solve threats to their members\’ pension plans\’ assets due to the current stock market collapse and spiraling financial crisis.
Senator Hillary Clinton was on Minnesota\’s Iron Range for the first time in her life Tuesday at a "Change We Need" rally in Hibbing. Judging by the wild reception she got at Miners Memorial Arena from the 4,600 in attendance, it isn\’t a stretch to say many had the former First Lady as their first choice for the Democratic presidential nominee.
The Southeast Area Labor Council will host a roundtable meeting Monday, Oct. 20, to discuss veterans\’ issues and the election.
Whether knocking on doors, handing out fliers in worksites or gathering to watch the presidential debate, Minnesota union members are engaged in the 2008 elections like never before.
Selena McElmury knows she probably will be on the unemployment line when the next president takes office in January 2009. She\’s not giving up, however, on creating a better future for herself and her co-workers.
With the world\’s financial markets in a deepening tailspin, the global union movement is calling on the world’s leading industrial nations to launch a major recovery plan to stabilize global capital markets, stave off the devastation of a global recession and get back on the track to create decent work.
The nation\’s unemployment rate stayed at 6.1% in September, but the number of jobless rose by another 101,000 to 9.477 million – the highest in 16 years, the Bureau of Labor Statistics reported.