Local 12 members blasted the organization’s executives for pleading poverty at the bargaining table while their CEO earns $1,500 per hour – more than many members earn in a pay period.
AFSCME members to Ramsey County: ‘Residents First = Workers First’
December 12, 2024 by
Four local unions representing over 2,000 Ramsey County employees are holding firm to their key demands as bargaining with the county inches closer to their contracts’ Dec. 31 expiration date.
Allina doctors mark one year since union vote with call for progress in talks
December 12, 2024 by
Unionized doctors in the Allina Health system are frustrated with the slow pace of contract negotiations and management’s failure to address concerns about ongoing lab-processing delays.
OPEIU members say Wilson-McShane is shortchanging them in talks
December 10, 2024 by
The Wilson-McShane Corporation serves unions in Minnesota and across the Midwest as a third-party benefit administrator, but workers at the company say management is trying to shortchange their union in a surprisingly combative round of contract negotiations. Members of Office and Professional Employees (OPEIU) Local 12 set up informational picket lines outside Wilson-McShane’s offices in […]
Workers call out ‘anti-union activities’ at Minnesota nursing homes
October 23, 2024 by
Members of the state’s largest health care union are calling on one of the state’s largest nursing home companies to join them in working toward a solution to short staffing in the industry.
With support from shoppers, St. Paul co-op workers win landslide union election
October 11, 2024 by
Mississippi Market Co-Op workers voted to unionize, bringing together 158 workers at the grocer’s three St. Paul locations.
Union members rally in support of ‘People’s Post Office’
October 1, 2024 by
“The American people deserve their public postal service back,” union president Dave Cook said.
Historical Society layoffs draw outrage, charges from union
July 19, 2024 by
The layoffs came with just two-days notice – and a demand that workers sign away their recall rights, laid out in the union contract, as a tradeoff for severance pay and job coaching.
Ramsey County workers seek residents’ support for contract campaign
July 19, 2024 by
The county has become notorious in recent years, Local 8 Vice President Anna Christie said, for “balancing its budget on the backs of its employees.”
Unions call out Delta for ‘unethical and illegal anti-union activities’
June 12, 2024 by
Delta workers say the airline has responded to their organizing drive with a relentless union-busting campaign, cracking down on pro-union speech and flooding the workplace with disinformation.
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