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National advocate for Social Security will keynote Retiree Council’s October 19 forum

One of the nation’s leading advocates for the Social Security program will be the keynote speaker at a public forum planned Saturday, October 19 at the Teamsters Local 120 union hall, 9422 Ulysses St. NE, Blaine. The free event will run from 10:00-11:30 a.m.

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Government

New Pork Processing Rules Raise Food, Worker Safety Concerns

United Food and Commercial Workers (UFCW) International Union, together with Public Citizen and UFCW Locals 663, 440 and 2 filed a federal lawsuit in Minneapolis this week over controversial U.S. Department of Agriculture rule changes for regulating pork processing plants.
Essay

Analysis and Review of Netflix’s ‘American Factory’

In a system that values them only as labor, these workers retain their humanity and their complexity. It’s the only thing that sets them aside from their robot competitors, which the filmmakers invoke in the movie’s sobering final scenes.
Government

LGBTQ rights at the Supreme Court and the Possible Impact for Minnesotans

of Title VII could have broad impacts on the LGBT community and beyond. Where does that leave LGBT Minnesotans?
Community

World’s Biggest Tradeswomen Conference Breaks Attendance Record

Over 2,800 tradeswomen and construction industry leaders convened this weekend in Minneapolis to advance career paths and strengthen union tradeswomen’s future.
Essay

The Powerful New Idea in Elizabeth Warren’s Labor Platform

On Thursday, Elizabeth Warren released her long-awaited labor platform, titled “Empowering American Workers and Raising Wages.” The plan provides unions with a long wish list of badly needed reforms and new powers. It also makes a solid case that, like Bernie Sanders, she would be the labor movement’s biggest booster in the White House in generations.
Community

Volunteer Union Pipefitters Keep Heat on for Homeowners in Need

Project Heat’s On provides no-cost furnace repairs and inspections to homeowners in need

By Filiberto Nolasco Gomez