“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.
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.
Unions decry state lawmakers’ move to close Stillwater prison
May 23, 2025 by
Corrections officers and other Stillwater prison workers are demanding that state leaders reconsider their plan, announced as part of a bipartisan budget agreement earlier this month, to close the facility by 2029.
Chris Rubesch: We need all workers to stand with us against Essentia
May 23, 2025 by
This is about more than nurse staffing. It’s about whether working people in Minnesota still have the power to shape their jobs, their safety and their futures.
Blissenbach: Aquatic plant removal bill honors memory of fallen workers
April 28, 2025 by
In response to recent worker fatalities, the Minnesota Legislature introduced a bill designed to increase protections for workers using scuba-diving equipment to perform aquatic weed and plant removal.
Unions show solidarity with immigrant workers amid deportation surge
April 25, 2025 by
The pushback from labor and community groups comes as Trump’s deportation plan approaches a constitutional tipping point.
Union members sound off on impacts of DOGE cuts to federal workforce
April 10, 2025 by
Republicans so far have shown little interest in oversight of Musk, and they showed little interest, too, in hearing from federal workers impacted by the chaos that DOGE has sewn across federal agencies.
Grecia Palomar: Building a stronger future for Twin Cities Latino workers
April 9, 2025 by
Since its founding in 1972, LCLAA has been at the forefront of the labor movement, ensuring that Latino workers have a voice. From advocating for fair wages and safer workplaces to fighting for immigrants’ rights and political inclusion, we have spent more than 50 years standing up for our communities.
Kera Peterson: Workers over billionaires, always
March 12, 2025 by
These are chaotic, challenging times. It’s especially important for us to remember, as a labor movement, that our strength is in solidarity and our power is in organizing.
Gottfried, endorsed in House special election, embraces labor roots
March 10, 2025 by
The labor-endorsed candidate in a special election March 11 in Roseville and parts of Shoreview is a longtime member of SAG-AFTRA.
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