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 ...]
Guild members rally for respect, protections as talks begin with Pioneer Press
Union members at the Pioneer Press today opened negotiations with the newspaper's hedge-fund ownership intent on bargaining a contract that respects their work, protects their safety and delivers wage and benefit gains. After a brief rally outside the newspaper's offices on Water Street, about … [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 ...]
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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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 … [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 ...]
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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 ...]
MN unions to employers: Keep ICE out of our workplaces
As federal immigration raids continue in the Twin Cities, several local unions are stepping up to demand their employers protect both workers and the people they serve. From health care workers and letter carriers to transit workers and educators, the message has been clear: keep ICE out of our … [Continue Reading ...]
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