Gary Huck and Mike Konopacki have been supplying art to labor publications from coast to coast since 1983.
Kera Peterson: It’s time for bold action, and unions are up to the challenge
January 30, 2020 by
We get things done by showing up in solidarity, supporting each other and inviting allies to join us in our work.
Unions on USMCA: ‘Working people made it better’
January 28, 2020 by
Pushed by workers, Democrats added more enforceable labor standards.
Bobby Kasper: The strength of our union family is solidarity
December 19, 2019 by
It’s the time of year when families gather together to celebrate the holidays. Those gatherings take many different forms. Sometimes we gather as a nuclear family, just parents and their children. Other times we gather with our extended family, bringing together the grandparents, aunts, uncles, cousins or in-laws. The ties that bind us together as […]
Kasper to retire, Peterson elected to lead St. Paul labor federation
December 12, 2019 by
The St. Paul Regional Labor Federation will have new leadership in the coming new year. After a decade in office, RLF President Bobby Kasper will retire at the end of December, a decision he made official at the federation’s delegate meeting Dec. 11. Kasper, a “proud” member of LIUNA Laborers Local 563, has served as […]
Tina Smith: Fighting for working families in the U.S. Senate
November 4, 2019 by
Tina Smith isn’t on the ballot this November, but for Minnesota’s junior U.S. senator, the reprieve from campaigning will be brief. The seat Smith won in 2018 goes back on the ballot in November 2020, and the race already has attracted a well-funded opponent in former 2nd District Rep. Jason Lewis. For working families, the […]
St. Paul’s union-endorsed candidates aim to build on city’s new labor standards
November 1, 2019 by
In November 2015, when St. Paul last held regular City Council elections, the city had no earned sick and safe time ordinance on the books, and hardly anyone at City Hall was talking about a $15 minimum wage. What a difference four years make. When voters in St. Paul go back to the polls Nov. […]
Ray Waldron: We won’t win in 2020 without working together
October 31, 2019 by
I’m worried Donald Trump will win another term in the White House, and I know I’m not the only one. Nearly 20 Democrats are seeking the party’s nomination to run against Trump next year. My preferred candidate probably isn’t your preferred candidate. Your candidate probably isn’t your neighbor’s, your coworker’s or your best friend’s candidate. […]
Keith Ellison: Time to address wage theft is now
April 25, 2019 by
If American workers are a ship trying to sail forward in ever rougher seas, wage theft is a dragging anchor holding them back.
McCollum, Craig hear workers’ shutdown stories – and safety concerns
January 19, 2019 by
“The labor community is going to stand with our brothers and sisters in the federal workforce,” St. Paul RLF President Bobby Kasper said, “and it’s reassuring to know we have friends in Congress who will do the same.”
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