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Bernie Hesse: Seeing hope in young organizers at Jimmy Johns
Bernie Hesse is the Director of Special Projects and Political Director at UFCW Local 1189. Hesse took a break from contract negotiations for grocery workers to talk to the Twin Cities Daily Planet about the future of unions and jobs in Minnesota. "We believe that working people should be paid a good and fair wage," he told the Daily Planet. "Nobody should have to worry about whether or not they can afford health care or put food on the table."MORE »
FREE SPEECH ZONE | 2,000 Rally in Solidarity with Wisconsin--Are You In?
I've traveled to numerous rallies at the State Capitol in St. Paul; the vast capitol lawn usually makes me feel small in the shadow of power, anxious about finding "my people". But walking up Cedar Street Tuesday afternoon, as I joined two, then 12, then many more strangers walking in the same direction--well, more than a February chill hung in the air.MORE »
"We are the Fire Next Time!" Benefit Concert for Sweatshop Workers Speak Out! Tour
TWIN CITIES branch of the INDUSTRIAL WORKERS OF THE WORLD (IWW) Host a benefit party in affiliation with the Sweatshop Workers Speak Out Tour, to benefit
Sweatshop Workers Speak Out! - National Tour Kickoff Event at Macalester College
Amid economic crisis, Local Municipalities and Educational Institutions may be using tax dollars to support sweatshops, say international garment workers on visit to Twin Cities
Energized bakery union settles contract with Cub Foods
When Bakers Local 22 developed a new Health Reimbursement Arrangement plan, the union wanted to see the substantial cost savings go into increased wages and pension contributions for its members.MORE »
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