Three unions seeking to bring together 45,000 Delta Air Lines ramp workers, mechanics and flight attendants rallied their supporters at the Labor Center.
AFSCME members to rally Saturday at MN History Center
December 12, 2022 by
Union members say MNHS has offered “pretty much the bare minimum” since they began bargaining a first contract in June 2022. “It’s pretty disappointing.”
Drawing closer to union elections, Delta workers plan April 4 rally
March 19, 2018 by
“Delta uses all their friends and allies to defeat unions,” former baggage handler and longtime union activist Kip Hedges said. “We must do the same to win union representation.”
Steelworkers plan solidarity rally in Minneapolis for Idaho miners on strike
February 15, 2018 by
Workers will extend their picket line from Idaho to Minneapolis during a mining trade show. Local union members plan a Feb. 26 rally to show their support.
Workers to rally outside courthouse as AT&T sues to deny their sick pay
July 13, 2015 by
AT&T is challenging a new Minnesota law allowing workers to use paid sick time to care for family members. But as the Fortune 500 telecommunications company appears before a federal judge in Minneapolis on Friday, members of the Communications Workers of America will rally outside the courthouse with a simple message: AT&T is not above […]
March planned in Minneapolis against fast track for Trans-Pacific Partnership
August 9, 2013 by
Anticipating attempts to sidestep Congressional oversight of the latest free-trade agreement, activists will rally downtown Minneapolis Aug. 20 against the Trans-Pacific Partnership, a massive, NAFTA-style trade pact being negotiated in secret by representatives of 12 countries with Pacific shorelines. The noon rally will take place at the corner of 7th Street and Nicollet Avenue. Click […]
Rally gives striking Cretex workers a boost
August 7, 2013 by
The picket line outside Cretex’s concrete plant in Shakopee swelled with supporters yesterday, as more than 200 people rallied behind 38 striking members of Laborers Local 536 who are fighting for their retirement security. The crowd included Laborers International Union President Terry O’Sullivan, state and local labor leaders and the highest-ranking members of the Minnesota […]
UPDATED: Laborers plan Aug. 6 rally in support of striking Cretex workers
July 29, 2013 by
The union representing 38 workers on strike at the Cretex concrete plant in Shakopee will stage a public rally Aug. 6 at 10 a.m. on the picket line. Elected officials from the state and local levels will join supporters from the labor community, putting pressure on the company to reach a settlement that would end […]
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