The Northwest Suburbs Community Labor Coalition and Working Partnerships are hosting a Union Jobs Fair on Wednesday, Sept. 27. A variety of union employers and union training and apprenticeship programs will participate in the employer panels and hiring event.
An investigation by Workday Minnesota found wage theft is larger and more widespread than most people realize. Minnesotans are losing millions of dollars every year.
More unions are endorsing single-payer government-run health care, a sign the issue resonates with leaders – and with predominantly Democratic voters among unionists.
The Minnesota State Retiree Council, AFL-CIO, will hold its 20th annual convention this Wednesday, Sept. 27, from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m.,at the Sheet Metal Workers Local 10 hall, 1681 Cope Ave., Maplewood.
Navy veteran Tom Edwards sees plenty of rhetoric about “supporting our troops,” but said the commitment falls short when it comes to staffing the services they need at Veterans Administration medical facilities. Edwards and dozens of other people participated in a rally Wednesday at the Minneapolis VA Medical Center to call on the Department of Veterans Affairs to fully staff VA facilities.
Veteran solo performer, playwright and former Minneapolis resident Howard Petrick returns to the Twin Cities with his new show, “Fight for 52 Cents,” an engrossing and electrifying memoir of Minneapolis’ revolutionary labor leader, Vincent Raymond Dunne.
The University of Minnesota Labor Education Service has begun work on a documentary to chronicle the groundbreaking organizing activities of CTUL, Centro de Trabajadores Unidos en Lucha/Center for Workers United in Struggle, a Minneapolis-based worker center. Learn more about this project at a free, public discussion on Oct. 7.
The Minnesota Association of Professional Employees is seeking a union representative and Workday Minnesota is seeking a new editor.
