Travelers passing through Minneapolis-St. Paul International this holiday season can congratulate the airport’s food service-workers on a new union contract.
Hospitality workers at MSP make gains after holiday strike threat
December 12, 2025 by Leave a Comment
MSP Airport unions lead march on ICE terminal as labor shows solidarity with Somali community
December 3, 2025 by Leave a Comment
Labor’s leading role in the march on Signature Aviation illustrates how unions here – and across the U.S. – are showing solidarity with immigrant communities under attack.
Ellison joins final push for administrative citations in St. Paul
October 30, 2025 by
Labor groups have endorsed administrative citations, arguing the change will allow more efficient and equitable enforcement of new citywide standards they lobbied hard for.
Educators, families, students unite behind St. Paul levy campaign
October 24, 2025 by
If the levy fails, the district will need to cut programming and services by $37.2 million before school starts next fall.
Unions decry Trump shutdown, urge health care fix
October 21, 2025 by
Federal workers’ unions are calling for an immediate end to the shutdown, while other labor unions are ramping up pressure on Trump and Republicans to negotiate a health-care fix with Senate Democrats.
LIUNA summit digs into Minnesota’s infrastructure outlook
October 16, 2025 by
The half-day event covered topics like water and energy infrastructure, incentives for high-road housing development, workforce development and initiatives within the industry to increase workers’ access to mental-health resources.
Unions join coalition pushing ‘yes’ vote on administrative citations in St. Paul
September 24, 2025 by
St. Paul unions are teaming up with labor and community groups this fall on a campaign to advance administrative citations from the general election ballot to the capital city’s charter.
Carpenters union’s tip leads to felony wage-theft charges
September 22, 2025 by
Ramsey County Attorney John Choi and law-enforcement leaders credited the local Carpenters union with playing a key role in their investigation of wage-theft allegations on a public housing site in St. Paul, which resulted in criminal charges filed Sept. 3. Choi’s office charged Jose Herrera, Carrie Gutbrod-Herrera and Joseph Herrera, owners of Bayvista Incorporated, with […]
St. Paul school levy gets labor endorsement
September 18, 2025 by
The campaign will hold a kickoff rally Saturday, Sept. 20 – the day after early voting begins. Organizers also invite volunteers to join regular door knocks and phone banks.
Stagehands say conditions improved after Yacht Club picket
August 21, 2025 by
Stagehands who worked the Minnesota Yacht Club festival in St. Paul last month got a bump in pay after union members set up a picket line outside the three-day event, IATSE Local 13 says. “The picket worked, and I’m very proud that we put it up,” Local 13 business agent Kellie Larson said. “The goal […]
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