For over 70 years the NLRB has allowed employers to use captive audience meetings to stifle organizing drives, but the board’s new general counsel wants that to change.
Union carpenters spotlight tax fraud in construction industry
April 14, 2022 by
Payroll fraud drains $136 million from state coffers each year in Minnesota alone, according to one recent study.
Staff at St. Paul AIDS service organization vote to unionize
April 4, 2022 by
“There’s an HIV outbreak in Minneapolis and Duluth right now. There’s real work to do. We don’t have time to be messing around.”
Bakery Workers are taking their contract fight to UNFI Cub Foods’ customers
March 17, 2022 by
If you’d love to shop a Cub that isn’t trying to strip its bakers of their union health and pension benefits, then Bakery Workers Local 22 has a list of stores for you.
‘Insulting’ wage offer prompts strike at MN Epilepsy Group
March 14, 2022 by
Workers called the five-day strike after management stuck to its demand for annual wage increases of less than 1% in last-ditch contract negotiations Tuesday.
St. Paul educators settle contract, pivot to supporting Minneapolis strikers
March 9, 2022 by
With a tentative agreement in hand, St. Paul educators urged support for their union siblings in Minneapolis, where 4,000 members of the Minneapolis Federation of Teachers and its chapter of education support professionals began an open-ended strike yesterday.
Health care workers put MN Epilepsy Group on notice of intent to strike
March 3, 2022 by
Barring a last-ditch agreement, SEIU members said they plan to begin their strike March 14, with picketing both at the employer’s headquarters in Roseville and at hospitals where union members work.
Frontline workers’ focus turns to Senate after House passes bonus pay
February 25, 2022 by
Worker advocacy groups pledged not to be divided as they push for legislation that recognizes the sacrifices of all who showed up to work.
House bill targets high injury rates in Amazon’s MN warehouses
February 18, 2022 by
The bill would prohibit warehouses from disciplining workers for failing to meet a quota that does not account for legally allowed breaks.
Educators in St. Paul, Minneapolis vote to strike over student-centered demands
February 18, 2022 by
Union members who voted “yes” said they were hopeful the vote would be a catalyst for movement in negotiations with the district, which began last May and have since entered mediation.
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