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Kettle with Mettle: Union Members Fashion Super-Sized Salvation Army Kettle for the Holidays

Nov 21, 2012 Jackie Tortora | Community Services

Photo courtesy of Jay Larson

Check out the AFL-CIO's new In Our Communities website feature, "Union Members Fashion Super-Sized Salvation Army Kettle for the Holidays."

Around the holidays, grocery store shoppers expect to see a cheerful person in a Santa hat and red apron, ringing a bell and collecting donations in the iconic Salvation Army red kettle.

Iowa City Union Members Back American Crystal Sugar Products Boycott

Nov 8, 2012 Mike Hall | Organizing/Bargaining

On a recent evening, members of unions from the Iowa City Federation of Labor and other activists urged customers at the Target store in Coral Ridge Mall to boycott American Crystal Sugar products and support the workers who have been locked out since Aug. 1, 2011. See more in this video.