JOIN THE TWIN CITIES LABOR CHORUS!

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Raise your voice -- in a melodic sort of way! The Twin Cities Labor Chorus will hold its founding meeting Jan. 6, 2009 at 7 p.m. at the Carpenters Union Hall in St. Paul.

The carpenters building is located at 710 Olive St., between University Ave. and Pennsylvania Ave./Phalen Blvd., just east of I-35E.

All parts and ages are needed and welcome. If you are interested but unable to attend the Jan. 6 meeting, call Josh at 651-203-0401, x. 5, or e-mail him at jwhitneywise@seiumn.org

TODAY'S NEWS:
Wednesday 7th January 2009 02:52 AM
Jobs, Employee Free Choice Act top labor's agenda for new Congress
By Mark Gruenberg
(01-05-2009)
WASHINGTON - With the new Democratic-run 111th Congress convening Tuesday, and with larger pro-worker majorities, labor has assembled a legislative agenda that starts with the Employee Free Choice Act and a massive stimulus bill, but doesn’t stop there.
Wall Street executives named 'Grinch of the Year'
By Mike Hall
(12-29-2008)
WASHINGTON - So many potential Grinches, but only one top Grinch spot to fill. So voters in the ninth annual Grinch of Year contest picked the entire lot of Wall Street executives whose unchecked corporate greed led to our nation's economic disaster.

Defending worker rights at Delta Airlines
(12-29-2008)
BLOOMINGTON - Members of Machinists Local 1833 are sending a message to Delta Airlines management not to interfere in workers' decision to choose their own representatives in the workplace.

Under 'labor peace ordinance,' Teamsters begin organizing Minneapolis waste haulers
By Steve Share
(12-29-2008)
MINNEAPOLIS - Teamsters Local 120 has won a neutrality agreement with Minneapolis Refuse, Inc. in a campaign to organize waste-hauling employees.

Minnesota Union Women's Leadership Retreat set for April 2009
(12-23-2008)
MINNEAPOLIS - Women active in their unions – and those interested in getting active in labor organizations – will learn new skills at the Minnesota Union Women's Leadership Retreat April 22-24, 2009.

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