Workers lead push for community guarantees before potential Allina, North Memorial sales
Unionized healthcare workers are leading a campaign to secure binding commitments from two large, out-of-state health care systems looking to expand their reach in Minnesota, seeking guarantees around patient access, workplace standards, use of artificial intelligence and other issues. A … [Continue Reading ...]
Bouldering Project workers in Twin Cities file for union election
Workers at Bouldering Project’s climbing gyms in Minneapolis and St. Paul went public with their organizing drive earlier this month. The campaign would bring together a bargaining unit of about 130 workers, whose daily tasks include welcoming new customers, running youth programs and meet-ups, … [Continue Reading ...]
Target Field workers call June 22 strike, urge Twins to ‘step up’
Got tickets to the Twins’ home game June 22 against the Dodgers at Target Field? Expect picket lines outside and long lines inside, as concessions workers plan to strike during the opener of a three-game series against the defending World Series champs. UNITE HERE Local 17 announced the … [Continue Reading ...]
Union volunteers welcome America’s labor movement to Minnesota
Local union volunteers are welcoming the nation’s labor movement to Minneapolis this week and helping the AFL-CIO ensure its biggest event runs smoothly. About 40 retired and active union members answered the call for volunteers during the AFL-CIO's 30th Constitutional Convention, which began … [Continue Reading ...]
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Target Field workers call June 22 strike, urge Twins to ‘step up’
Got tickets to the Twins’ home game June 22 against the Dodgers at Target Field? Expect picket lines outside and long lines inside, as concessions workers plan to strike during the opener of a three-game series against the defending World Series champs. UNITE HERE … [Continue Reading ...]
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Union volunteers welcome America’s labor movement to Minnesota
Local union volunteers are welcoming the nation’s labor movement to Minneapolis this week and helping the AFL-CIO ensure its biggest event runs smoothly. About 40 retired and active union members answered the call for volunteers during the AFL-CIO's 30th Constitutional Convention, which began … [Continue Reading ...]
AFL-CIO convention spotlights strength, solidarity of Minnesota’s labor movement
Union leaders and activists from across the U.S. are gathering in the Twin Cities this week for the 30th AFL-CIO Constitutional Convention, the American labor movement’s biggest event. The national labor federation picked Minneapolis as the site of its four-day convention well before a violent … [Continue Reading ...]
Lawmakers take up educators’ call for new insurance pool
House and Senate authors of a statewide health insurance pool for school employees, one of Education Minnesota’s top priorities this session, outlined their legislation's path forward last week. The statewide educators’ union held a day of action at the Capitol March 18 to drum up support for the … [Continue Reading ...]
Detained Guild member’s son attends SOTU as Omar’s guest
The Trump administration’s chaotic, violent surge of immigration-enforcement activity in Minnesota this winter has upended thousands of lives, Gerardo Orozco Guzman’s among them. But Guzman, 27, had a rare opportunity to bear witness to that devastation when President Trump delivered his State of … [Continue Reading ...]
Labor Voices
Target Field workers dig in for fair contract: ‘We love the Twins. We love the fans. But that love is not going to pay our bills.’
For as long as the Twins have been playing baseball at Target Field, Roxy Hoda has been hosting fans in the luxury suites. The 37-year-old from St. Paul went to work at the ballpark in 2010, and she now serves on the bargaining team for her union, UNITE HERE Local 17, in contract negotiations with … [Continue Reading ...]
Poll shows workers trust unions to deliver AI guardrails
The AFL-CIO released new polling this month that shows overwhelming support for union protections against job losses and invasions of privacy caused by artificial intelligence (AI). The nation’s largest labor federation called the report, which draws on surveys, polling and focus groups, the most … [Continue Reading ...]
Research into union busting in MN nursing homes draws lawmaker scrutiny
Authors of two recently published reports on union busting in Minnesota nursing homes presented their findings to the Senate Labor Committee last week, raising concerns among some lawmakers that public funds are being used to stifle worker voice. Committee Chair Jen McEwen (D-Duluth) called the … [Continue Reading ...]
After authorizing strike, SEIU members at HealthPartners celebrate TA
Workers at HealthPartners clinics across the Twin Cities put their bosses on notice last month that they were willing to strike to defend their industry-leading health benefits. Yesterday their union reached tentative agreement on a new contract that does just that. If ratified, the three-year … [Continue Reading ...]
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