Despite decades of attacks, workers and unions continue to organize and bargain to improve their workplaces and communities. Workers also are engaging in innovative forms of organizing - and transforming their organizations - to build power in the face of new challenges.
Delegates voted on leadership for the federation, celebrated successful organizing programs and heard from a variety of speakers including Governor Mark Dayton and Senator Amy Klobuchar.
On Monday, September 17th the Center for the American Experiment sponsored a lunch celebrating Janus v. AFSCME with guest speakers Mark Janus and Rebecca Friedrich. The lunch was met with protesters from various labor unions.
Tipped workers submitted hundreds of petition signatures urging city hall to pass a $15 minimum wage with no tip penalty.
Romero Promises to delve into immigration reform when she takes over the union later this year.
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Last Friday Seward Community Co-op workers ratified their first two-year union contract by a wide margin.
Friday teachers and education workers in Los Angeles, the second largest school district in the country (after New York), voted 98 percent to 2 percent to authorize their first strike in nearly 30 years.
AFSCME 2822 members working for Hennepin County held an informational picket. AFSCME workers are fighting for fair wages in their current contract negotiations with Hennepin County
Anticipating the White House will propose privatizing the U.S. Postal Service – eliminating services and displacing union jobs – the Postal Workers (APWU) launched a mass campaign to derail the privatization scheme.
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Workers are organizing through unions and other organizations to improve their lives. Union representation provides a voice on the job and the opportunity to improve wages, benefits and working conditions.
Labor still lacks coordinated approach to organizing the South