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.
Video game workers in Minnesota make history with union drive
March 22, 2024 by
About 600 workers at Activision Central Quality Assurance, including 334 in Eden Prairie, won voluntary union recognition from Microsoft, the firm’s parent company.
St. Paul educators’ new contracts deliver pay increases, preserve classroom gains
March 14, 2024 by
St. Paul educators voted this week to ratify new union contracts that will improve their pay and benefits while upholding the in-classroom supports they won in previous bargaining cycles. “Educators often bargain for things that are outside of those bread-and-butter issues,” St. Paul Federation of Educators President Leah VanDassor said. “This time around, we’re really […]
Allina cancer center nurses vote to unionize after management shrugs off safety concerns
February 29, 2024 by
“We were told they were building the plane as they were flying it, and that we’d be failing forward together.”
Nursing home workers plan to strike as new industry standards board ramps up work
February 23, 2024 by
“How many more good people will we lose because of the low pay, lack of benefits and ongoing disrespect?”
MN workers win union elections at nonprofit law firm, Fairview hospital, ADT and recycling startup
February 23, 2024 by
Local workers continue to show interest in joining together to bargain for better wages, benefits and working conditions.
ATU members ratify contract that will ‘raise the bar’ at Metro Transit
February 20, 2024 by
A new, three-year contract with the agency will increase wages by 13%.
Bloomington workers say banjo maker wants to bust their union by moving to Oregon
February 15, 2024 by
Union members called the relocation plan retaliatory, saying ownership gave them no indication that it intended to move until they requested recognition of their union.
MSP flight attendants from multiple carriers rally together on worldwide day of action
February 14, 2024 by
Their unions may bring different issues and priorities to the bargaining table, but flight attendants share a common demand for more respect.
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