“Minnesota’s Super Bowl shouldn’t just be about entertaining the rich and the powerful,” bakery worker Travis Reinhart said.
One Fair Wage or tip penalty? Debate splits St. Paul service industry
January 24, 2018 by
Unions and worker advocacy groups oppose a two-tier wage system, arguing it leaves behind the very workers a minimum wage is supposed to benefit.
St. Paul Federation of Teachers schedules strike vote
January 24, 2018 by
Frustrated by the St. Paul Public Schools’ refusal to take up their top priorities in contract negotiations, SPFT members will take a strike authorization vote Jan. 31.
Minnesota gained 46,000 union members last year, reversing decade-long decline
January 19, 2018 by
Working people’s voice grew stronger last year in Minnesota, where organizing gains pushed union membership to its highest point since 2004.
Appeals court sides with home care workers’ union – again
January 18, 2018 by
Corey Van Denburgh, a PCA from Anoka, called the legal challenge a “tragic misuse of time and energy.”
Prominent activist to talk $15, #MeToo with tipped workers in St. Paul
January 16, 2018 by
Saru Jayaraman’s work reveals the tip penalty’s troubling impact on working conditions in the restaurant industry, especially regarding sexual harassment.
As Super Bowl approaches, NFL players take sides in local labor standoffs
January 12, 2018 by
Players union stands with Teamsters at U of M, calls out Franklin Street Bakery co-owner for abusing workers’ rights.
Teamsters to vote on U’s final contract offer [UPDATED]
January 9, 2018 by
Members of Teamsters Local 320 have voted to accept the U’s final offer, the union announced yesterday.
Albert Lea hospital workers stand up to Mayo with historic one-day strike
December 19, 2017 by
ALBERT LEA – Minnesota’s largest hospital system has picked a fight with two of its smallest bargaining units, but union members at the Mayo Clinic Albert Lea hospital aren’t backing down in their fight for job security and quality rural health care. Workers aren’t standing alone against the health care Goliath, either. Nursing assistants, housekeepers, maintenance […]
Teachers to large nonprofits: ‘We all have a stake’ in St. Paul schools
December 18, 2017 by
Tom Stinson, a school nurse at Harding Senior High, sat across a table from two representatives of Allina Health last month and painted an unsettling picture. “Our kids will usually go to the nurse in their school eight times before they access any health care outside the school,” Stinson said. “They don’t get to the […]
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