Emelle Israel, AFL-CIO Media Outreach fellow, is in Minneapolis for the Next Up Young Workers Summit and sends us this report.

AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka came to Minneapolis today to help send off the 800 attendees concluding the Next Up Young Workers Summit. He capped off a successful weekend with an inspiring speech that called for young people to use their “critical imagination,” their ability to look at problems and come up with new and different solutions.

Tomorrow’s episode of “Brotherhood Outdoors,” the Union Sportsmen’s Alliance’s (USA’s) hunting and fishing television series, features Joe Proscia and other members of Electrical Workers (IBEW) Local 3 on their annual striped bass tournament. Proscia helped found Local 3’s Sportsmen’s Club more than 25 years ago. The show airs Thursday, Sept. 22 at 8 p.m. EDT on the Sportsman Channel.

Jon Ross of Union Privilege lets us know about the new Union Plus prepaid debit card. And check out the great coverage on the card by the New York Times here.

Union Plus, the consumer benefits arm of the AFL-CIO, is helping union members make the most of their savings while avoiding hidden fees with the new Union Plus prepaid Visa card.

We loved Mary Tyler Moore as Laura Petrie on “The Dick Van Dyke Show” and as the iconic Mary Richards on “The Mary Tyler Moore Show,” roles in which she created a new paradigm for female leads in television.

As the 10th anniversary of the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attack approaches, the union movement remembers those who lost their lives, those who risked their lives to get others to safety and those who took part in the cleanup and rebuilding efforts that followed.

Join the Labor Heritage Foundation and music lovers throughout the Washington, D.C., area for a Labor Day tribute concert for legendary labor singer, song writer and activist Anne Feeney.  The concert begins at 6 p.m. on Labor Day, Sept. 5, at Bus Boys & Poets at 5th and K Streets N.W., in Washington.

This Labor Day, Sept. 5 from 1 p.m. to 5 p.m. (EDT), the Sportsman Channel and the Union Sportsmen’s Alliance will team up to salute the American worker with a four- hour “Brotherhood Outdoors” Labor Day Marathon. The marathon will feature eight back-to-back episodes of the new Brotherhood Outdoor series that takes hardworking union members on hunting and fishing adventures across North America.  See the full schedule here.

Unlike many other fishermen’s tales, Greg Myerson’s fish story is true and he has the fish and the photos to prove it.

At Rosie the Riveter Park in Long Beach, Calif., the final touches were recently put on the three-acre interpretive park and center honoring the women who worked at Long Beach’s Douglas Aircraft factory and other World War II defense industries.

Tonight’s episode of “Brotherhood Outdoors,” the Union Sportsmen’s Alliance’s (USA‘s) hunting and fishing television series, features Philadelphia Sheet Metal Workers (SMWIA) Local 19 member Doug Bachman. The show airs at 8 p.m. EDT on the Sportsman Channel.