After voting 97-1 to authorize a strike last week, laundry workers at Aramark’s northeast Minneapolis facility today accepted an improved offer from their employer, roughly doubling the wage increase included in the contract.
Workers at Twin Cities mental health agency to vote on union
October 25, 2021 by
“We can’t adequately serve others until we are adequately taken care of,” said Andrew Vanden Broeke, a day treatment therapist who works with children 12 to 17 years old.
AFSCME united for ‘substantive change’ in talks with U
October 18, 2021 by
“The U is interested in image,” Local 3800 President Cherrene Horazuk said during a rally last month. “U of M AFSCME is interested in substantive change.”
Half Price Books workers in Roseville, St. Paul form unions
October 18, 2021 by
Half the staffing has meant double the work for employees since the chain of booksellers reopened post-pandemic, but workers are pushing back.
After landslide union election, M Health psych staff ready to bargain for wages, safety
September 28, 2021 by
A resounding “union yes” vote gives 350 psychiatric associates at M Health Fairview momentum as they look to negotiate better wages, safety protections and a voice in decisions that affect their jobs.
Conditions that sparked strikes at Nabisco, Frito Lay have ‘spread’ to Minnesota, union warns
September 23, 2021 by
Members of Bakery Confectionary, Tobacco and Grain Millers Local 22 who work at Old Dutch are gearing up for contract talks this fall, in which they intend to push the company to ease increasingly taxing workloads. That’s the same rallying cry sounded by union members who went on strike at Frito Lay and Nabisco in […]
As driver shortage hampers start of school, unions point to low pay, benefits
September 22, 2021 by
Access to unemployment insurance would help retain drivers through the lean times, advocates said.
MN nurse on Biden task force: ‘I’m the one who brings reality’
September 22, 2021 by
“I may not be the one who can bring all the fancy data, but what I am is the only frontline worker with eyewitness testimony,” Mary Turner said. “I’m the one who brings reality.”
Minnesota AFL-CIO wraps 55th convention with call for solidarity
September 21, 2021 by
Delegates reflected on the importance of solidarity during times of crisis, and reaffirmed their commitment to building a just, inclusive labor movement.
Leadership changes, but Trades’ focus remains on building careers, communities
July 22, 2021 by
A new president gaveled the 75th convention of the Minnesota State Building and Construction Trades Council to order at Madden’s on Gull Lake today, as delegates unanimously affirmed their Executive Board in electing Laborers Local 563 Business Manager Joe Fowler to lead the statewide organization. President Emeritus Harry Melander, who retired in June after […]
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