Greater Minnesota Worker Center & UFCW sponsor Workplace Health & Safety Training.

On December 5, 2015 the Greater Minnesota Worker Center and the United Food and Commercial Workers (UFCW) union sponsored a Workplace Health & Safety Training in St Cloud. Belinda Thielen, from the UFCW Occupational Safety and Health Office, presented the training to the 70 participants who learned about OSHA, their rights on the job, workplace hazards and how to identify them, safety committees, and much more.

bhesseufcw

Bernie Hesse, from UFCW Local 1189, explains the Packing House Workers Bill of Rights

abeufcw

UFCW Local 1189 Director of Organizing, Abraham Wangnoo, discusses protected concerted activity, collective bargaining agreements, and the benefits of having a voice on the job.

Share:

More Posts

Job Opportunity Bilingual Organizer

Job Title: Greater Minnesota Worker Center Organizer (Spanish Speaking) Hiring Organization: Greater Minnesota Worker Center https://www.mygmwc.org/ Hours: 40+.  Must be available for occasional nights and weekend work. Rate of

GMWC Selected for Wellspring Fund Grant!

Headwaters Foundation for Justice has just announced: “The Wellspring Fund, stewarded by a group of 7 community grantmakers, moved over $1.4 million to ecosystem-strengthening organizing throughout Minnesota. With

East-African-Latino Worker Solidarity

On December 2, Saturday, the Greater Minnesota Worker Center and Fei y Justicia proudly joined forces in St. Cloud for a groundbreaking event that brought together two

Pandemic, Packinghouses & Power

Over the last few weeks we have seen the how Covid19, or coronavirus, has had a remarkable effect on packing houses across the country. Smithfield Foods in

Send Us A Message