Senators push back against Trump’s union-busting

In his administration’s latest swipe at federal unions, President Trump last month gave Defense Secretary Mark Esper unprecedented authority to strip collective bargaining rights from nearly 750,000 civilian workers at the agency. Democratic senators, including Minnesota’s Amy Klobuchar and Tina Smith, urged Esper in a letter last week “to exercise great restraint” with his new […]

SPPS educators strike for schools their students deserve

Teachers turned West 7th Street into a sea of red on Day 1 of their strike.

Mounds View paras stick together with strike vote

Union demands reflect the changing nature of paras’ work.

Ordway offers union-member discount on tickets to Sting’s ‘The Last Ship’

Members of creative and labor unions can get tickets for just $49.

Building a clean economy ‘on the high road’

Strengthening union rights would be a win for the planet, too, BlueGreen Alliance director Jason Walsh says.

Outbreak adds urgency to janitors’ push for sick pay

The epidemic puts a grim spotlight on access to sick leave in the U.S.

After 37 years of syndicated solidarity, cartoonists draw service to a close

Gary Huck and Mike Konopacki have been supplying art to labor publications from coast to coast since 1983.

Strikes surge nationwide

#RedForEd movement, sluggish wage growth behind big uptick in major work stoppages.

Trades celebrate Women Build Success awards

Local tradeswomen honored the most badass among them.

St. Paul educators set March 10 strike deadline

SPFE gave the district a preview today, picketing at several school sites.