Deja vu all over again-JBS Swift workers evacuated

Today at approximately 10:00 A.M. a portion of the JBS Swift plant was evacuated due to an ammonia leak. The Worthington Daily Globe was on the scene and covers the story in 40 JBS employees treated after ammonia leak.  Daily Globe photographer Brian Korthals was able to take a few pictures from the roof of  a [...]

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A Workers Right To Organize-Two stories

If you want to do a compare and contrast about card check and the secret ballot method of organizing a union in the workplace, Workday Minnesota’s recent post, Videos about the Employee Free Choice Act, offers two informative videos produced by the University of Minnesota Labor Education Service.   The first one shows a successful [...]

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Congressman Tim Walz and the Economic Stimulus Tour

  Minnesota’s 1st Congressional District Congressman Tim Walz drove to the end of the world district today (a few minutes more and he would have been in South Dakota)  for a listening session about the economic stimulus package recently passed the the U.S. House of Representatives. One of several throughout the 1st district over the last couple of days, the [...]

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Is Bank of America Accountable to Anyone?

Chicago based company, Republic Windows, shut down its operations on Friday, December 5, after giving employees just a three day notice. Workers  have occupied the plant since the shutdown and plan on staying there until they see some justice. The company has said that Bank of America will not let them honor their commitments to [...]

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Wal-mart Nation

Wal-Mart has once again become the symbol of our nations over-zealous consumerism. The BlackFriday death of Jdimytai Damour is tragic and my heart goes out to his family. Many words have been written and spoken about this event. Brian Ojanpa of the Mankato Free Press writes about the event in his column, Black Friday finally claims a life. [...]

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A first aid kit and hand sanitizer. Doesn’t get any better than this.

  Sign the petition here   Peace & solidarity, CHC

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Trumka’s Impassioned Speech About Racism.

AFL-CIO Secretary-Treasurer Richard Trumka delivered this fiery speech at the United Steelworkers convention in July of this year. Take the time to watch it. It is worth it.     Peace & solidartiy, CHC

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Change is in the Air

At least at Corner House Comments. The next seven weeks will see me working full time on GOTV (get out the vote) efforts on behalf of Labor in Minnesota. In the interest of disclosure, this is a paid position. I have taken a leave of absence from my regular Union (UFCW)  job as a forklift [...]

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Takin’ It To The Streets

Election Day is bearing down on us quickly and many people and organizations are working hard to elect their candidates. One such group is the Minnesota AFL-CIO  which has gathered over 500 delegates in Duluth this week to listen to candidates, pass resolutions, and get fired up for the remainder of this election cycle. Monday, [...]

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Labor Day-Thanks to those who made it possible.

Have you enjoyed your day off?  Thank a union brother or sister.         Peace & solidarity CHC

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