Union leaders are taking COVID-19 – and their members’ concerns about the pandemic – seriously.
Workers Memorial Day: Walz issues proclamation, unions plan remote observance
April 28, 2020 by
As unions pause to remember their fallen members, COVID-19 has given new urgency to their fight for worker safety.
In victory for unions, Trump administration leaves construction out of new apprenticeship rule
March 30, 2020 by
Allowing IRAPs in the industry would have created a shortcut around the rigorous standards of registered apprenticeship, unions argued.
Unions push pandemic response leaving no worker behind
March 19, 2020 by
Unions seek protective gear, emergency sick leave, bonding bill as part of pandemic response.
Senators push back against Trump’s union-busting
March 11, 2020 by
In his administration’s latest swipe at federal unions, President Trump last month gave Defense Secretary Mark Esper unprecedented authority to strip collective bargaining rights from nearly 750,000 civilian workers at the agency. Democratic senators, including Minnesota’s Amy Klobuchar and Tina Smith, urged Esper in a letter last week “to exercise great restraint” with his new […]
SPPS educators strike for schools their students deserve
March 10, 2020 by
Teachers turned West 7th Street into a sea of red on Day 1 of their strike.
Mounds View paras stick together with strike vote
March 6, 2020 by
Union demands reflect the changing nature of paras’ work.
Strikes surge nationwide
March 2, 2020 by
#RedForEd movement, sluggish wage growth behind big uptick in major work stoppages.
Council members push back against hospital cuts
February 11, 2020 by
Fairview’s proposed cuts amount to “abandonment of the central city,” Jane Prince said.
House votes to restore worker voice on the job
February 6, 2020 by
The PRO Act, which would strengthen protections for workers trying to form a union, is dead on arrival in the Senate.
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