Building back better means leveling the playing field and giving working people more power to join together and bargain better wages, benefits and working conditions.
Teamsters at Marathon’s St. Paul Park refinery strike over safety
January 21, 2021 by
Operations and maintenance workers at Marathon Petroleum’s refinery in St. Paul Park went on strike today. Members of Teamsters Local 120 say they are taking a stand not just for good jobs, but also for the safety of their community. At issue in the dispute is management’s ability to replace union members with workers from […]
Wait for vaccines to reopen schools, St. Paul educators say
January 18, 2021 by
St. Paul educators, parents and community members wary of the district’s plan to resume in-person learning staged a car rally Jan. 12, calling on administrators to hold off on reopening buildings until COVID-19 vaccines are available to school staff. St. Paul Public Schools plans to begin a phased-in reopening of elementary schools and some other […]
COVID testing is free, fast and encouraged for frontline workers
January 14, 2021 by
COVID-19 testing is fast, safe and open to anyone free of charge at 21 community testing sites across Minnesota. That’s the message state health officials want union members – and all frontline workers – to hear as more businesses, schools and other gathering places begin reopening to the public. As a small group of union […]
Making the adjustment: Union apprenticeship programs get creative to navigate COVID-19 safely
December 21, 2020 by
The result isn’t always ideal, but what has been in 2020?
With talks stuck in low gear, Metro Transit workers seek public support
December 17, 2020 by
ATU Local 1005 says it has delivered over 10,000 emails to Met Council members, but union members’ concerns are falling on deaf ears.
Local veterans, workers call out union busting at VA
November 11, 2020 by
Members of the AFGE and Veterans for Peace have demonstrated relentlessly near the Minneapolis VA hospital as the Trump administration’s attacks keep coming.
For some local union members, Trump’s attacks hit close to home
October 30, 2020 by
Trump’s first term has been a disaster for working people. But for some union members, this election feels personal.
Augsburg University staff have formed a union
October 29, 2020 by
The clerical and professional workers are giving the university president a week to recognize their union.
Survey says state’s educators are burning out fast
October 29, 2020 by
Educators are feeling stressed, anxious and overwhelmed. Applications for retirement benefits, meanwhile, are on the rise.
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