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In a Historic Move, Los Angeles Educators Vote To Strike

Friday teachers and education workers in Los Angeles, the second largest school district in the country (after New York), voted 98 percent to 2 percent to authorize their first strike in nearly 30 years.

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COMMENTARY: Fifty Labor Days

This Labor Day, I think about what America would look like if all workers had wages like union members have.

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New Report Shows Need for St. Paul to Address Poverty Wages

A new report (link is external)compiled after hundreds of interviews with St. Paul workers showcases the crisis of poverty wages facing the thousands of workers in St. Paul who currently make less than $15 per hour

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SEIU Minnesota State Council Endorses Tim Walz for Governor & Peggy Flanagan for Lt. Governor

After emerging as the Minnesota DFL’s nominee for governor and Lt. Governor on primary-election night, Tim Walz and Peggy Flanagan won the endorsement of the SEIU Minnesota State Council.  The SEIU State Council brings together over 50,000 working people across the state.  
SEIU is Minnesota’s third largest and fastest-growing labor union, representing over 50,000 workers statewide who provide care and support for your family in your homes, hospitals, public schools, nursing homes, hotels, universities and the Twin Cities’ largest public and private buildings, and who make and distribute products used by Minnesotans every day.    online pharmacy albenza for sale with best prices today in the USA
 
SEIU members are on the front lines of the fight for good union jobs, quality affordable healthcare, fully-funded public schools and communities that are safe and welcoming for all families.  Members are employed in a variety of occupations, including:

Hospital, clinic, nursing home and in-home support workers with SEIU Healthcare Minnesota
Public school and early childhood workers, and university faculty with SEIU Local 284
Commercial and public building maintenance employees and security officers with SEIU Local 26
Hospitality, commercial laundry, manufacturing and distribution workers with Workers United

Members from all three of the largest SEIU locals in Minnesota shared their excitement in supporting the Walz/Flanagan ticket. 
 
LaDonna Meinecke, a clinical social worker who is a member of SEIU Healthcare Minnesota, shared why she is excited to support Walz/Flanagan this fall.  buy pepcid online buy pepcid online no prescription online pharmacy vibramycin for sale with best prices today in the USA online pharmacy metformin for sale no prescription
 
“In the 10 years I have known Tim Walz, I have been impressed with how he speaks truth to power on behalf of working families in Congress.

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Labor Unites Behind Walz for Governor

After emerging as the Minnesota DFL’s nominee for governor on primary-election night, Tim Walz today won the endorsement of the state’s largest labor federation, the Minnesota AFL-CIO(link is external).