It’s imperative that we take the same momentum driving this surge in workplace organizing and use it to mobilize union members to get to the polls.
Unions decry Supreme Court ruling, urge action to protect abortion access
June 27, 2022 by
Minnesota’s highest-ranking union officer added to the chorus of labor voices decrying the U.S. Supreme Court ruling in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization, eliminating the federal right to abortion. “Reproductive rights are workers’ rights,” Minnesota AFL-CIO President Bernie Burnham said in a public statement, calling the decision to overturn Roe v. Wade after nearly […]
Wilfs’ company turned deaf ear to warnings of wage theft at Viking Lakes development
May 10, 2022 by
Tradespeople who worked on the Viking Lakes luxury apartments in Eagan went public last week with accusations of wage theft on the project, owned and developed by the same family that owns the NFL’s Minnesota Vikings. Worker advocacy groups, including the North Central States Regional Council of Carpenters (NCSRCC), pinned responsibility for the alleged labor […]
St. Paul Starbucks workers win union election
April 27, 2022 by
Baristas in St. Paul won their union election today, giving Minnesota its first corporate-owned, unionized Starbucks.
County attorneys take aim at criminal wage theft
April 27, 2022 by
“It’s not a clerical mistake; people are actually stealing,” Ramsey County Attorney John Choi said. “And I think this is one of those areas that needs improvement to make sure these cases get the attention of the justice system.”
Roslyn Robertson: ‘Every fatality crosses my desk, and my stomach just cringes’
April 26, 2022 by
Minnesota’s labor commissioner discusses the state’s efforts to promote safe workplaces and more in this Union Advocate interview.
Bree Halverson: Buying clean and fair for workers and the environment
April 18, 2022 by
“Buy Clean” is a policy to promote spending taxpayer dollars on materials that are manufactured in a cleaner, more efficient, environmentally friendly manner, while supporting family-sustaining jobs and building globally competitive domestic manufacturing.
Push for paid family leave takes on new urgency in pandemic
February 22, 2022 by
A union-backed coalition of groups renewed its lobbying push for paid family and medical leave on Valentine’s Day – and not by accident. Love is at the heart of the proposed legislation, advocates said, adding that its failure to gain traction in the Senate over the past six years has cornered too many Minnesota families […]
Union educators join effort to expand child care, early ed
February 2, 2022 by
“Teachers are leaving the profession at very high rates, and no one who has worked in a school or child care center is surprised,” one former educator said.
As session begins, Minnesota unions see opportunity for investments in infrastructure, frontline workers
January 31, 2022 by
It’s a bonding year, but a record budget surplus and unspent federal pandemic relief funds could allow for more broad spending measures, including long-delayed compensation for frontline workers.
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