After more than a decade of advocacy in Congress and sometimes in the streets, USPS employees and their unions celebrated a landmark victory last month.
With Biden’s signature, postal reform measure will lift ‘5-ton weight’ dragging down USPS
April 1, 2022 by
Bakery Workers are taking their contract fight to UNFI Cub Foods’ customers
March 17, 2022 by
If you’d love to shop a Cub that isn’t trying to strip its bakers of their union health and pension benefits, then Bakery Workers Local 22 has a list of stores for you.
‘Insulting’ wage offer prompts strike at MN Epilepsy Group
March 14, 2022 by
Workers called the five-day strike after management stuck to its demand for annual wage increases of less than 1% in last-ditch contract negotiations Tuesday.
St. Paul educators settle contract, pivot to supporting Minneapolis strikers
March 9, 2022 by
With a tentative agreement in hand, St. Paul educators urged support for their union siblings in Minneapolis, where 4,000 members of the Minneapolis Federation of Teachers and its chapter of education support professionals began an open-ended strike yesterday.
Health care workers put MN Epilepsy Group on notice of intent to strike
March 3, 2022 by
Barring a last-ditch agreement, SEIU members said they plan to begin their strike March 14, with picketing both at the employer’s headquarters in Roseville and at hospitals where union members work.
Minnesota Building Trades on path to becoming Yellow Ribbon organization
February 25, 2022 by
The state Building Trades council held a signing ceremony Wednesday with Employer Support of the Guard and Reserve (ESGR), a federal program that promotes cooperation between National Guard members and their civilian employers.
Frontline workers’ focus turns to Senate after House passes bonus pay
February 25, 2022 by
Worker advocacy groups pledged not to be divided as they push for legislation that recognizes the sacrifices of all who showed up to work.
Remembering Shar Knutson: ‘Her presence will be missed, but her legacy lives on’
February 22, 2022 by
Knutson made history as the first woman elected president of the Minnesota AFL-CIO.
Push for paid family leave takes on new urgency in pandemic
February 22, 2022 by
A union-backed coalition of groups renewed its lobbying push for paid family and medical leave on Valentine’s Day – and not by accident. Love is at the heart of the proposed legislation, advocates said, adding that its failure to gain traction in the Senate over the past six years has cornered too many Minnesota families […]
House bill targets high injury rates in Amazon’s MN warehouses
February 18, 2022 by
The bill would prohibit warehouses from disciplining workers for failing to meet a quota that does not account for legally allowed breaks.
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