FREE FILM SCREENING: 'AMERICAN DREAM'

Poster for American Dream

A free screening of the 1990 Academy Award winner, "American Dream," will be held Wednesday, Nov. 19, at the University of Minnesota.

The documentary by Barbara Kopple chronicles the mid-1980s strike at Hormel Foods in Austin, Minn. The screening will start at 6 p.m. in Room 100 of Rapson Hall, on the university's East Bank campus. View map. It will be followed by a discussion with labor historian Peter Rachleff.

TODAY'S NEWS:
Wednesday 19th November 2008 05:31 AM
Duluth city workers say 'We want to work!'
(11-18-2008)
DULUTH - City of Duluth workers held a "We want to work" protest Monday, when Mayor Don Ness shut down city services for a day.
Red Cross workers seek fair contract
(11-18-2008)
ST. PAUL - AFSCME lab workers are seeking support in their effort to get a fair contract with the American Red Cross in St. Paul.

Euphoria over Obama win tempered by Senate recount
By Barb Kucera, Workday editor
(11-16-2008)
MINNEAPOLIS - Whether Minnesota labor's massive effort to mobilize members in the 2008 elections was a success will ultimately turn on the results of a recount in the U.S. Senate race, Labor 2008 coordinators say.

Long-term measures need to restore economy, analysts say
By Mark Gruenberg
(11-16-2008)
WASHINGTON - The current economic crash will last at least 18 months and gives the incoming Obama administration and the new Democratic-run Congress the opportunity to enact longer-term recovery measures, not just quick fixes, a panel of progressives said.

UAW president says auto industry in crisis
By Mike Hall
(11-18-2008)
WASHINGTON - Testifying before the Senate Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs Committee Tuesday, United Auto Workers President Ron Gettelfinger didn't mince words about the auto industry's need for Congress to approve a bridge loan.

Job Openings
(11-16-2008)
AFSCME is seeking applicants for IT Help Support and Receptionist positions.

Workers seek support as foundry lockout enters third week
By Steve Share
(11-12-2008)
Minneapolis - A lockout idling 160 union workers at a Plymouth foundry is now in its third week – and the union is reaching out to the rest of the labor movement for support.

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On this day in 1915, Joe Hill was executed by a Utah firing squad. His last message: "Don't mourn for me . . . organize."

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Free screening of Academy-Award-winning documentary, "American Dream"

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