BY Tracy Molm | Minneapolis, MN | 6/15/10
Today 25 staff, faculty, graduate and undergraduate held a press conference to speak out against the University of Minnesota administration’s continued attempts to push budget cuts onto students and the lowest paid staff at the U.
BY Linden Gawboy | St. Paul, MN | 5/18/10
“You need a permit to do that,” the cops told the group of women writing last-minute posters outside Minnesota Governor Tim Pawlenty’s office, May 17. The posters were in preparation for the Minnesota Coalition for a People’s Bailout event on the last day of the Minnesota legislative session.
BY Grace Kelley | Minneapolis, MN | 5/04/10
On April 28, the Save Our School and Chop from the Top coalitions held a community forum called “The People’s State of the University” in Coffman Memorial Union at the University of Minnesota.
BY Staff | St. Paul, MN | 8/12/08
Anti-war, low-income, labor and student activists have mounted a new legal challenge to Saint Paul’s policy of curtailing protests at the Republican National Convention.
BY University of Minnesota AFSCME strikers | Twin Cities, MN | 9/24/07
After 15 hours of mediation, the negotiating committee of University of Minnesota AFSCME has made the decision to take the University Administration's settlement offer to union members for a vote.
BY Staff | Twin Cities, MN | 9/11/07
Sept. 10 marked day 6 of the strike by University of Minnesota AFSCME.
BY Staff | St. Paul, MN | 9/03/07
At a Labor Day press conference, University of Minnesota AFSCME leaders blasted attempts by the employer to inflict a lousy contract on university workers.
BY Staff | St. Paul, MN | 4/11/07
The Senate Business, Industry and Jobs Committee voted to outlaw workfare - forced, free labor performed by welfare recipients.
BY Erika Zurawski | Minneapolis, MN | 11/04/05
A two thousand-plus crowd of high school, college and even elementary school students gathered at the University of Minnesota student union, Nov. 2 to protest the war on Iraq and demand that military recruiters get out of their schools.
BY Staff | St. Paul, MN | 11/15/02
An increasing number of local labor unions are speaking out against a possible war with Iraq.
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