U of M locals approve contracts
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Four AFSCME locals at the University of Minnesota have approved new two-year contracts, AFSCME Council 5 announced.
Organizing
Unions boycott Moose Lake municipal bar and liquor store
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As you travel about the state for work or play, the 17 unions of the Duluth
Building & Construction Trades Council would like you to remember how their
members were treated in Moose Lake.
Machinists to vote on settlement proposal with Northwest Airlines
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On the eve of Bankruptcy Court proceedings that could result in the nullification of Northwest Airlines’ union contracts, Machinists District 143 has agreed to submit a settlement proposal to the membership, union leaders announced.
Immigration
Coalition calls for real solutions to broken immigration system
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Minnesota should be pressing for national and global solutions to the issue of illegal immigration, rather than creating “a climate of fear” about immigrants, Twin Cities religious, labor and community leaders say.
State unions reluctantly accept shutdown settlement
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State employee unions blasted Governor Tim Pawlenty as a bad employer after reluctantly recommending acceptance of his offer to restore half of the pay, vacation and compensation time that workers lost during the state government shutdown last summer.
Maryland passes first ‘Fair Share Health Care’ bill
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The “Fair Share Health Care” campaign scored its first win Jan. 12 when the Democratic-run Maryland legislature successfully overrode GOP Gov. Robert Ehrlich’s veto of its legislation.
Government
Hennepin backs off challenge of nurses’ victory at HCMC
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Hennepin County ? faced with a Thursday deadline to provide evidence substantiating its challenge of the Minnesota Nurses Association’s organizing victory at Hennepin County Medical Center ? backed off the challenge and withdrew its objections to certification of the union.
Organizing
Local Change to Win unions embrace Minneapolis CLUC
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Six local unions from the Change to Win Federation submitted applications for Solidarity Charters Wednesday to affirm their commitment to participation in the Minneapolis Central Labor Union Council (CLUC).
Child nutrition workers seek fair contract with Minneapolis schools
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Chilly temperatures greeted Jamie Havisto and other SEIU members as they conducted informational picketing outside the Minneapolis Education Services Center. The cold weather was nothing compared to the wage freeze they’ve undergone for more than four years, they said.
Organizing
Hennepin challenges nurses’ victory at HCMC
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Hennepin County is trying to overturn the Minnesota Nurses Association’s organizing victory at Hennepin County Medical Center.