Workers plan to hold informational picketing outside the InterContinental on Sept. 19 at 4:30 p.m.
Hotel workers in downtown St. Paul authorize strike, cite wage gap with Minneapolis
September 18, 2025 by
Kera Peterson: Workers deserve freedom, fairness and security
August 25, 2025 by
Yes, the moment is tough, but toughness defines working people. That’s what we celebrate on Labor Day.
Science Museum workers appeal to public as cuts threaten programs, access
August 21, 2025 by
Rather than taking a collaborative approach to navigating the new industry landscape, Science Museum management has shut workers out of the planning process.
Stagehands say conditions improved after Yacht Club picket
August 21, 2025 by
Stagehands who worked the Minnesota Yacht Club festival in St. Paul last month got a bump in pay after union members set up a picket line outside the three-day event, IATSE Local 13 says. “The picket worked, and I’m very proud that we put it up,” Local 13 business agent Kellie Larson said. “The goal […]
Historical Society’s plan to close sites, lay off staff needs scrutiny, union says
August 15, 2025 by
Union members are demanding answers from Minnesota Historical Society executives after a shakeup that will result in 36 layoffs and reduced access to sites and materials maintained by the organization. “We want to see the receipts,” AFSCME Local 3173 President Jacob Rorem said. The layoffs, announced July 28, impacted 28 members of the bargaining unit, […]
St. Paul educators reach tentative deal, shift focus to levy campaign
August 14, 2025 by
The St. Paul Federation of Educators last week reached a tentative agreement on new union contracts covering about 4,000 teachers, education assistants and school professionals working in the state’s second-largest school district. If union members and the Board of Education vote to ratify the two-year contracts, they could take effect before the district’s first day […]
For Macalester staff, union drive gained urgency after Nov. 5
July 24, 2025 by
For many non-faculty workers at Macalester, their jobs suddenly felt a lot less secure after President Trump’s victory.
MN nurses make contract gains despite headwinds
July 24, 2025 by
The new contracts include 10% raises over the next three years, new tools to address workplace violence and requirements that hospitals provide coverage for nurses when they go on breaks.
Labor fed backs St. Paul’s administrative citations referendum, no endorsement in Ward 4
July 24, 2025 by
Council members voted unanimously to adopt the charter amendment in January, but opponents of the change collected the signatures necessary to put the question before voters. The referendum will appear on the Nov. 4 ballot.
Tradeswomen honored at local ceremony as Trump halts efforts to diversify industry
July 23, 2025 by
Union tradespeople from across Minnesota gathered at a White Bear Lake banquet facility June 5 to celebrate winners of the 2025 Women Building Success Awards, which recognize women forging careers in an industry long dominated by men. Minnesota Building Trades unions founded Women Building Success (WBS) in 2017 to recognize and promote the achievements of […]
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