SPFT members are helping their district reverse declining enrollment by doing what unions do best: organizing.
Labor unites behind Walz for governor
August 16, 2018 by
Unions are joining forces to elect one of their own to the state’s highest office.
DFL campaign workers unionize
August 14, 2018 by
The party voluntarily recognized the unit of 50-plus campaign staffers.
At organizing boot camp, workers look to build power from the inside out
July 16, 2018 by
It takes a strong union to bargain a strong contract. Or, as CWA Local 7304 member Jim Wiebe put it: “A hammer doesn’t swing by itself.” A union steward and welder at the New Flyer bus facility in St. Cloud, Wiebe was one of 55 activists from across the Midwest who traveled to St. Paul […]
Women workers take on MN restaurant lobby over tip penalty
June 28, 2018 by
An attack on tipped workers’ wages is an attack on women.
Supreme Court ‘weaponizes’ First Amendment to attack public-sector workers
June 27, 2018 by
“The First Amendment was meant for better things,” Justice Elena Kagan wrote in a dissent to the 5-4 decision.
MN’s public-sector workers aren’t mourning Janus, they’re organizing
June 27, 2018 by
The decision has prompted a lot of hand-wringing over the labor movement’s downfall. Don’t buy it.
Amazon workers sound alarm on conditions inside Eagan warehouse
June 4, 2018 by
East African women who load delivery vans delivered a message of their own to the world’s largest internet retailer today.
Newspaper workers demand hedge-fund owners invest or sell
May 16, 2018 by
“We can’t just sit back and let them write history by ruining community newspapers,” Pioneer Press reporter Nick Ferraro said. “We have to write a little bit of history ourselves.”
Restaurant industry pushes tip penalty; unions and tipped workers push back
April 25, 2018 by
The industry says it’s in trouble, but job openings in Minnesota restaurants have increased by 200 percent since 2014, when the minimum wage began to climb.
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