“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.
After trendsetting campaign, Twin Cities workers ratify first contracts with Half Price Books
June 12, 2024 by
Since Minnesota workers formed the first union at a Half Price Books location, booksellers at stores in Indiana, Illinois, Kansas and California have unionized, too.
Indeed Brewing union could be sign of things to come as cannabis law kicks in
April 23, 2024 by
Indeed Brewing has a union label. Workers at the taproom and production facility in northeast Minneapolis successfully formed a union last month after over two years of organizing with the Twin Cities hospitality union, UNITE HERE Local 17. The new bargaining unit brings together 31 workers, an overwhelming majority of whom not only signed union […]
Museum workers rally public support for contract campaign
April 23, 2024 by
The union’s bargaining team has put forth over 20 contract proposals during negotiations that began over eight months ago, only to wait as long as five months for management to respond.
Macalester student workers launch public union drive: ‘It’s been exhilarating’
March 26, 2024 by
Mac student workers hope to bargain for better pay and protected, respectful lines of communication with their supervisors.
Bargaining moves at slowest pace in two decades as Minnesota educators get bold
March 25, 2024 by
Educators Lakeville, Burnsville and across Minnesota are being bold in their contract demands this bargaining cycle, sticking together for compensation gains that, union members say, are overdue after years of underfunding.
Grocery workers workers win historic raises, landmark safety language in new contracts
March 25, 2024 by
Lunds & Byerly’s workers bargained a first-in-the-nation process to develop policies covering violent events in their stores.
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