Workday Magazine (https://workdaymagazine.org/category/policy/page/68/)
Using shocking pink signs ? and some unseasonable lingerie ? nearly 50 union members lined W. University Ave. in St. Paul to draw attention to the dismal economic performance of President George W. Bush.
Along the 250 miles of the Minnesota-North Dakota border, the sugar beet harvest is nearing completion. Our photo essay gives you a taste of this intense — and important – process.
The Communications Workers of America will lead a rally to protest job cuts by AT&T on Tuesday, Oct. 19, at noon in front of the AT&T Tower, corner of 9th and Marquette in downtown Minneapolis.
AFL-CIO President John Sweeney will keynote a rally Tuesday, Oct. 19, to encourage Twin Cities union members to get out the vote for the Nov. 2 election. Labor unions also plan GOTV rallies in five other locations.
The federal government lacks comprehensive data on the size of the movement of white-collar jobs–called offshoring–overseas, a new report says.
The heads of three Minnesota Senate committees on Wednesday urged Gov. Tim Pawlenty to establish a high-level task force ?devoted to preserving and enhancing Minnesota?s manufacturing sector,? especially Ford?s Twin Cities Assembly Plant. Workers at the Ford plant were laid off this week, one of five weeks of furloughs expected before the end of the year because of declining sales of the Ranger pickup truck.</
The owners? lockout that has shut down at least the beginning of the National Hockey League season is affecting more than just players and fans. More than 800 workers represented by UNITE HERE Local 17 at the Xcel Energy Center will lose pay, possibly benefits and, in some cases, their jobs because of canceled games.
The “National Rescue American Jobs” tour got underway in Minnesota this weekend and stopped at the state Capitol Monday. Organizers said the goal is to stop companies from moving work to other countries.
Mark Nowak’s new poetry collection, “Shut Up Shut Down,” deals with deindusrialization and the effect on workers’ lives.
A new report by the University of Illinois at Chicago paints a bleak picture of the high-tech industry, noting that job losses continue in the tens of thousands, even though the recession is supposed to be over.