Video: Sugar workers call on Target to back boycott
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Community groups recently joined locked-out workers in urging Target Corporation to boycott American Crystal Sugar, which locked out union employees on Aug. 1, 2011. View video of the event.
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Video: Governor Dayton’s budget will grow the middle class
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At their union’s Day on the Hill at the state Capitol in St. Paul, AFSCME members talked about the importance of growing the middle class.
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Video: Retail cleaners stage walkout at Target
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The non-union workers who clean Target stores staged a one-day walkout Tuesday, starting with a rally late Monday night. View a video about their action.
Video: Service workers kick off contract campaign with skyway march
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Janitors and security officers represented by Service Employees International Union Local 26 and retail cleaners of CTUL (Centro de Trabajadores Unidos en Lucha/Center of Workers United in Struggle) kicked off their contract campaign with a march through Minneapolis skyways.
Video: ‘Nothing Sweet About It’
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The people locked out by American Crystal Sugar have given decades of work and foregone numerous holidays and family events for the company. They share their views in this new video.
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Video: The final hours – no budget, no jobs
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“That’s not the Minnesota I grew up in,” said Jean Diederich, a child support worker who joined hundreds of other Minnesotans in a vigil as lawmakers adjourned their 2011 session without a budget deal.
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New video showcases support for union at Delta Air Lines
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Ground workers and flight attendants at Delta Air Lines are currently voting on whether they wish to be represented by a union. A new Web video documents an Oct. 17th rally where workers spoke about why they want a voice on the job.
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Young activists quiz union leaders at national summit
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In a scene that one Postal Worker from Chicago said was unlike any other union conclave he ever attended, more than 300 young union activists from around the country sharply quizzed top AFL-CIO leaders and started planning their own networking, organizing and communications campaigns.
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Protesters condemn veto of GAMC
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Last year, Governor Tim Pawlenty eliminated funding for General Assistance Medical Care, then a few days ago he vetoed bipartisan legislation to to save health care for some of the state\’s poorest residents.
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National Call-In Day for Health Care on Wednesday
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The AFL-CIO is spearheading a National Call-In Day for Health Care Wednesday, urging people to call federal lawmakers to support health reform but oppose a tax on workers’ health care benefits.