“Without Medicaid, I would not be able to survive,” said Ace Taylor, a home care worker whose job caring for her disabled aunt is funded through Medicaid.
Member support, stories turned tide for state workers in tough round of talks
July 22, 2025 by
Union negotiators cited two factors as key to securing a contract they could recommend: a visible, vocal pool of support from rank-and-file members and unshakable solidarity between AFSCME Council 5 and MAPE.
HealthPartners workers strike at Stillwater Medical Group
July 8, 2025 by
The bargaining unit of 80 workers is escalating their campaign for a new contract that delivers wage gains and longevity bonuses.
MN nurses authorize strike as hospitals stonewall safe-staffing proposals
June 24, 2025 by
Hospital representatives have outright refused to engage with the union’s staffing proposals – members’ top priority – during negotiations, leaving nurses feeling demoralized and disrespected.
GOP’s Medicaid cuts would raise costs for everyone, union report finds
June 18, 2025 by
Health care workers joined community and faith leaders today on the Capitol steps in St. Paul to demand Republicans in Congress walk back historic cuts to Medicaid included in their budget bill, which President Trump wants on his desk by July 4. Meanwhile, a new analysis from the AFL-CIO warns those cuts will make health care less […]
Local 96 apprentices shine at Roofers’ nationwide skills competition
June 5, 2025 by
Apprentices from across the U.S. traveled to Minnesota for the event, hosted by Local 96 at its training center in Ham Lake.
Hospital nurses picket for safe staffing in Twin Cities, Duluth
June 4, 2025 by
Any hospital executive wondering whether members of the Minnesota Nurses Association would give up that fight got a resounding answer today, as thousands of nurses, dressed in MNA’s signature red, were back on picket lines at 17 hospitals in the Twin Cities and Duluth area.
Allina primary-care doctors picket: ‘We need a lifeline’
June 3, 2025 by
The bargaining unit of 600 doctors, physicians’ assistants and nurse practitioners took the historic step – they are the first doctors to picket in Minnesota, according to their international union – 15 months into bargaining a first contract with Allina.
Twin Cities doctors, nurses to picket June 3-4 as progress stalls on contract campaigns
May 29, 2025 by
Unionized doctors and nurses escalate their contract campaigns at Allina and other local health systems.
Mac’s new union weighs labor charge after college changes work rules
May 23, 2025 by
Newly unionized student workers at Macalester College in St. Paul marched on their boss after the school abruptly changed terms of employment covering many in the bargaining unit of 1,100.
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