Video and editing crews include Randy Croce, Tony DeAngelis, Howard Kling, Barb Kucera, Deborah Rosenstein and John See.
Students launch hunger strike and more lawmakers speak out
University of Minnesota students who have launched a hunger strike to support striking AFSCME members discuss why they have taken such a drastic action -- and why everyone has a stake in the outcome of the dispute. More legislators also voice their disappointment in the university's decision to fund higher raises for administrators and faculty and offer the smallest increase to those at the bottom of the ladder.
Legislators speak out, demand a fair settlement for workers
Lawmakers who chair key committees for higher education funding say they are running out of patience with the university administration.
Shows of solidarity in St. Paul
The St. Paul campus has become a focal point for the walkout, as workers have virtually shutdown the veterinary school and curtailed other operations.
Students protest at Board of Regents meeting
More than 100 students filled the regents' boardroom on Sept. 7 to show support for the AFSCME strikers.
More video from Day One
Eliot Seide, director of AFSCME Council 5, pledged the support of tens of thousands of AFSCME members across Minnesota. Other union leaders who spoke included, Javier Morillo, president of SEIU Local 26, representing janitors, security guards and window washers across the area, and Joe Rolfer, president of MAPE, the Minnesota Association of Professional Employees, who presented a check for $5,000 to the U of M Workers Support Fund.
Day One of the Strike
AFSCME members speak out and participate in a rally that also features Elizabeth Edwards, wife of presidential candidate John Edwards.
Pre-Strike Support Rally
On August 30, university workers and supporters gathered on the Minneapolis campus. Speakers included state Senator Patricia Torres Ray, DFL-Minneapolis.
For more information
Visit the unions' websites, www.afscme3800.org, www.afscme3937.org, www.afscmemn.org and www.d.umn.edu/~afscme/
To provide support, see www.uworkers.org and www.afscmemn.org
For information from the U of M Office of Human Resources, http://www1.umn.edu/ohr/er/negotiations/afscmeproposal.html
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