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The union that represents 12,000 Twin Cities nurses said Monday that it will limit any potential strike to one day, removing at least for now the specter of an open-ended walkout.
It's the latest twist in heated contract negotiations between the Minnesota Nurses Association and 14 hospitals ahead of a strike authorization vote Wednesday.
The union said a strike, if members OK it, would be only one day to limit disruptions to patient care, minimize lost income for nurses and yet still create significant headaches for hospital management.
Monday, May 17, 2010
In what is being called the costliest settlement of its type in state history, the financially strapped Trial Court system must shell out $30 million in back wages to thousands of unionized clerical workers, the Herald has learned.
In a decision reached May 7, an arbitrator ruled that the Trial Court broke its contract with Office and Professional Employees International Union, Local 6, by refusing to pay the negotiated 3 percent pay raises since 2007.
Sunday, May 16, 2010
Major changes to the Service Employees International Union's downtown operations could be under way soon.
In an interview Tuesday, new SEIU President Mary Kay Henry said she is conducting a monthlong review of her top deputies, including Secretary-Treasurer Anna Burger, Henry's main opposition in the union's recent election to replace longtime head Andy Stern. Burger mysteriously dropped out of the race two weeks before the May 8 election.
Wednesday, May 12, 2010
New SEIU President Mary Kay Henry, treading cautiously in her new post, said in an interview today that her victory was "not so much about a change in program or direction" as in "refocusing" successful programs.
"There's a huge sense of pride in all that the union has accomplished," she said.
Monday, May 10, 2010
Labor unions will have an easier time organizing workers at U.S. airline and railroad companies after the Obama administration on Monday changed a 76-year-old rule on union elections.
The change is a major victory for unions that have struggled to reverse years of decline in membership. And it's the most significant so far in a string of White House moves designed to boost organized labor.
Monday, May 10, 2010
The newly elected head of the powerful Service Employees International Union pledged to focus more on private-sector organizing, including workers in banking and biotechnology, as well as on gubernatorial elections and mending ties with other unions.
Mary Kay Henry, head of the union's health-care division, was elected by the SEIU's board Saturday to succeed Andy Stern, who retired last month after 14 years as president.
Monday, May 10, 2010
WASHINGTON — As the eldest daughter among 10 siblings — and the third-eldest in all — Mary Kay Henry, the incoming president of the Service Employees International Union, says she was born to be an organizer.
“I was always asked to get everybody organized to get on the bus and to get everyone to the dinner table on time,” said Ms. Henry, who after three decades of leading unionization drives was set to be elected on Saturday to head the nation’s most politically potent union.
Ms. Henry will need more than organizing skills to fill the shoes of her visionary but divisive predecessor, Andy Stern, who was a prominent political player.
Saturday, May 08, 2010
May 8 (Bloomberg) -- Mary Kay Henry, elected today as president of the Service Employees International Union, pledged to spend $4 million organizing employees in businesses such as banks and supermarkets.
“Working people are facing hardships that we haven’t seen in generations,” Henry said on a conference call with reporters after the executive board picked her to replace Andy Stern.
Henry said she has “a fire in her belly” for fighting management interference in labor organizing efforts. Henry said she will fight such efforts by “creating complaints” with the National Labor Relations Board.
Saturday, May 08, 2010
The 73-member International Executive Board (IEB) of the Service Employees International Union met in Washington D.C. today to elect Executive Vice President Mary Kay Henry the 10th president of the nation's fastest-growing union.
"This moment marks a renewed commitment to our union's core mission: to improve the lives of all workers who are struggling to make ends meet in this economy," Henry said. "Working people are facing hardships we haven't seen in generations, and we believe SEIU can be an even more effective vehicle for change to help them improve their lives and the lives of the people they serve.
Saturday, May 08, 2010
More than 12,000 home care workers in Missouri won a voice at work when they voted to join the Missouri Home Care Union, an alliance between AFSCME and SEIU. The mail ballot results were announced May 5.
AFSCME President Gerald McEntee says the victory is “a great day for home care workers and the people they serve.”
Friday, May 07, 2010
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