Workday Magazine (https://workdaymagazine.org/category/policy/page/63/)
Apparently nothing, not even the greatest natural disaster in the history of the United States, is allowed to get in the way of President George W. Bush’s anti-worker and anti-union crusade. His latest move: To cut construction workers’ wages for reconstruction projects in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina.
Fight Back ’05 ? a campaign of the United Steel Workers’ associate member program ? will hold a rally Saturday, Sept. 17, to mobilize support for renewable energy standards in state and federal law.
A growing majority of people say the nation and the economy — both the U.S. economy and their own — are moving in the wrong direction, a new poll for the AFL-CIO shows. And they have little confidence that either GOP President George W. Bush or either party in Congress cares about their needs.
Minnesota’s lowest-paid workers get a much-needed raise starting Monday, Aug. 1, when the minimum wage increases by $1 an hour.
Every member of Congress of who supported CAFTA ? especially the 15 House Democrats who voted for it ? will be held accountable in the next elections, union leaders said Thursday.
The Minnesota Fair Trade Coalition will rally CAFTA opponents outside the Minnesota office of Congressman Mark Kennedy, R-Minn., on Tuesday, July 12. The demonstration will start at 2 p.m. at 22 Wilson Ave. N.E., in St. Cloud.
“Get the Job Done!” will be the theme of a rally Wednesday, July 6, at 1:30 p.m. at the state Capitol, as the partial shutdown of state government continues.
Companies receiving city contracts or taxpayer subsidies would have to pay a “living wage” as part of the deal, under ordinances being proposed in St. Paul and Minneapolis.
Organizations in St. Paul kick off their campaign for a new living wage law today with a rally at Rice Park.
On perhaps the hottest day of the summer, several organizations came together Thursday to turn up the heat for a new living wage ordinance in the City of Minneapolis.