Organizing
Analysis: Split dominates labor headlines of last year
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There were many top labor stories during 2005, but the split in the AFL-CIO overrode them all. It had multiple ramifications.
Unions, airline face Jan. 16 deadline
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The three largest unions at Northwest Airlines continue in negotiations, facing a Jan. 16 bankruptcy court deadline to reach agreements that their members can approve.
Northwest Airlines strikers reject offer, continue walkout
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The strike against Northwest Airlines by the Aircraft Mechanics Fraternal Association continues into the new year, after members rejected an agreement that would have ended their 19-week-old walkout.
Humphrey Institute names St. Paul labor leader to council
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Shar Knutson, president of the St. Paul Trades and Labor Assembly, has been named to the Advisory Council of the Hubert H. Humphrey Institute of Public Affairs at the University of Minnesota. Knutson is the only labor official on the 46-member council.
Registration open for Winter-Spring labor education courses
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New courses such as “Negotiating Health Care” and “Minnesota Labor History” are among the Winter-Spring offerings by the University of Minnesota Labor Education Service.
Anti-union contractors, GOP, take more aggressive anti-union stance
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Anti-union contractors won an important victory when Governor Tim Pawlenty signed an executive order that outlaws project labor agreements on publicly funded projects. The action signals a more aggressive stance by anti-union contractors ? and the length to which the Republican governor will go to appease these groups in his bid for re-election next year, union leaders and observers said.
Ramsey County workers ratify new contracts
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More than 2,000 Ramsey County workers have ratified three-year contracts that raise wages a total of 7 percent but make significant changes to health insurance.
Postal Workers help Santa meet his deadline
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The Postal Service is running at full speed as workers put in overtime to deliver holiday packages.
Organizing
Twin Cities Cingular workers join CWA
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Local 7200 of the Communications Workers of America has signed up 534 Cingular workers at a business call center here ? the first organizing success in Minnesota under a national agreement in which Cingular grants union recognition as soon as a majority of workers sign authorization cards.
Community
Labor Assembly launches winter clothing drive
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The St. Paul Trades and Labor Assembly is collecting donations of new or gently used hats, mittens, boots, coats and jackets, which will be donated to needy children at Frost Lake Elementary School on St. Paul’s East Side.