Workday Magazine (https://workdaymagazine.org/category/policy/page/63/)
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.
Congress is currently debating CAFTA, the Central American Free Trade Agreement, that would extend NAFTA to more countries throughout the hemisphere.What would this trade deal mean for Minnesota — in particular the Red River Valley sugar beet industry and the thousands of people who depend on it? Find out in the new Labor Education Service video, From Field to Factory: Sugar Beets, Trade and the Future of the Red River Valley.
A coalition of labor unions, faith-based organizations, and progressive community organizations will formally kick off a campaign Thursday, June 23, to pass a new “living wage” ordinance in Minneapolis.