The county has become notorious in recent years, Local 8 Vice President Anna Christie said, for “balancing its budget on the backs of its employees.”
Volunteers key to Minnesota unions’ election-year goals
July 19, 2024 by
At the heart of the “Labor 2024” campaign will be conversations between union members – in the break room, on the doorstep or over the phone – about what matters to them.
Unions call out Delta for ‘unethical and illegal anti-union activities’
June 12, 2024 by
Delta workers say the airline has responded to their organizing drive with a relentless union-busting campaign, cracking down on pro-union speech and flooding the workplace with disinformation.
After trendsetting campaign, Twin Cities workers ratify first contracts with Half Price Books
June 12, 2024 by
Since Minnesota workers formed the first union at a Half Price Books location, booksellers at stores in Indiana, Illinois, Kansas and California have unionized, too.
Peter Rachleff: Minneapolis Teamsters’ strikes resonate 90 years later
June 10, 2024 by
Now is a great time to look back at 1934, to learn how a wide range of workers changed the course of history and to consider how today’s workers might change this course themselves.
New state board sets $20.50 wage floor in nursing home industry
June 10, 2024 by
Minnesota’s nursing homes have seen some of the worst staffing shortages in the country in recent years.
Updated prevailing wage standards ‘a tremendous win’ for tradespeople
June 10, 2024 by
The Labor Department’s updated federal prevailing wage standards in Minnesota will ensure tradespeople working on the Biden administration’s historic infrastructure investments are paid fairly and consistently, union leaders say.
Indeed Brewing union could be sign of things to come as cannabis law kicks in
April 23, 2024 by
Indeed Brewing has a union label. Workers at the taproom and production facility in northeast Minneapolis successfully formed a union last month after over two years of organizing with the Twin Cities hospitality union, UNITE HERE Local 17. The new bargaining unit brings together 31 workers, an overwhelming majority of whom not only signed union […]
Museum workers rally public support for contract campaign
April 23, 2024 by
The union’s bargaining team has put forth over 20 contract proposals during negotiations that began over eight months ago, only to wait as long as five months for management to respond.
2023 Teacher of the Year reflects on ‘life-changing event’
April 23, 2024 by
St. Paul educator Michael Houston discusses his experience as 2023 Teacher of the Year and how he tried to use the platform
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