Tentative agreement at Minnesota Beef Industries
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Workers represented by United Food & Commercial Workers Local 789 will have their first union contract if they ratify a tentative agreement reached with management at Minnesota Beef Industries.
Ideas for holiday ‘shopping with a conscience’
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Where can you “shop with a conscience” this holiday season? Here are a few ideas.
Organizing
AFL-CIO clears way for ‘solidarity charters’
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Some details remain to be settled, but the AFL-CIO announced Wednesday it will begin issuing “solidarity charters” to locals whose international unions recently disaffiliated from the AFL-CIO and joined the Change to Win Federation.
Bankruptcy ruling takes NWA workers back to 1989 wages
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A federal bankruptcy judge imposed a 19 percent pay cut on Northwest Airlines’ ground workers Wednesday, in essence slashing their wages to 1989 levels.
Job Posting: AFSCME political organizer
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AFSCME Council 5 is seeking a political organizer to work with members in southern Minnesota.
Special elections Nov. 22 for two state Senate seats
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If you live in eastern Wright County, or in the Hennepin County communities of Plymouth and Minnetonka, mark Nov. 22 on your calendar. That’s the day for two special elections to fill two vacancies in the Minnesota Senate.
IATSE makes progress on contracts
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Minneapolis Convention Center workers voted Nov. 11 to ratify a new two-year contract, reported Dirk Ostertag, business agent for Local 13 of the International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees (IATSE).
‘We are not just an employee number!’ NWA worker says
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What does it feel like to be an employee at Northwest Airlines? A letter from a longtime Northwest Airlines employee to NWA CEO Doug Steenland will give you some idea.
Met Council employees finally have a contract
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After more than a year without a contract ? and three years without a pay raise ? 500 workers at the Metropolitan Council finally have the first. That means they’re about to get the second.
Faculty at MnSCU campuses ratify pact
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Faculty at university campuses in the Minnesota State Colleges and Universities system overwhelmingly ratified a two-year contract Wednesday.