“Everyone’s together on this,” John Helkamp, the local’s financial secretary, said. “We’re essential workers. We’d like a fair contract.”
HealthPartners workers picket, warn clinic closings will hurt local communities at worst possible time
July 30, 2020 by
“We don’t bail on our patients, not during a pandemic, not after the murder of George Floyd, not ever.”
St. Paul nursing home workers want respect for their essential work, and they’re on strike to get it
July 20, 2020 by
Cerenity Humboldt Care Center’s proposals in contract talks would actually move some frontline health care heroes backwards.
Excluded from unemployment benefits, hourly school workers speak out: ‘It is insulting’
July 16, 2020 by
School employees have been fighting to change the law restricting their access to UI benefits for decades. Now, the pandemic has brought the issue to a tipping point.
Pandemic likely to alter unions’ political push, but how?
May 7, 2020 by
Labor groups are working on contingency plans as traditional election work, like door knocking, might not be feasible this year.
As mail volumes plummet, unions push Congress for relief
May 1, 2020 by
Postal workers, letter carriers are fighting for their jobs – and worried about their health.
On Workers Memorial Day, unions still pleading for enforceable federal protections from deadly COVID-19
April 28, 2020 by
Making matters worse, Trump has over the last three years steadily chipped away at the number of federal OSHA investigators, now at its lowest point in the agency’s history.
Grocery workers ask you to #ShopSmart during pandemic
April 27, 2020 by
“It’s about keeping yourself safe, keeping the workers safe and keeping the community safe,” UFCW Local 1189 President Jennifer Christensen said.
In victory for unions, Trump administration leaves construction out of new apprenticeship rule
March 30, 2020 by
Allowing IRAPs in the industry would have created a shortcut around the rigorous standards of registered apprenticeship, unions argued.
Unions push pandemic response leaving no worker behind
March 19, 2020 by
Unions seek protective gear, emergency sick leave, bonding bill as part of pandemic response.
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