Our movement has shown the power to take on the biggest, richest bosses on the planet, and we will need to do the same when powerful, extremist politicians come after members of our union family.
Hudson GM workers ‘just waiting to get the call’ to join Big 3 strike
September 15, 2023 by
Autoworkers at General Motors’ parts-distribution facility in Hudson, Wis., are not on strike today, but union members say they are ready to walk if their international union directs them to the picket line. “We’re on standby right now, just waiting to get the call,” United Autoworkers (UAW) Local 722 President Steve Frisque said. “If we […]
Unions back Little in Dakota County Attorney race
October 21, 2022 by
Matt Little supported the state’s groundbreaking wage theft legislation while serving in the Minnesota Senate in 2019. Now, he’s running for Dakota County Attorney to put the new law to work stopping exploitation in the workplace and on the job site. Prosecuting wage theft cases is “totally within your purview” as county attorney, Little said. […]
On Workers Memorial Day, unions still pleading for enforceable federal protections from deadly COVID-19
April 28, 2020 by
Making matters worse, Trump has over the last three years steadily chipped away at the number of federal OSHA investigators, now at its lowest point in the agency’s history.
U.S. workplace fatalities on the rise, unions warn
May 1, 2018 by
Minnesota, according to an AFL-CIO report, had the 31st highest rate of workplace deaths among states in 2016.
Labor-endorsed Angrimson brings leadership, community roots to ISD 196 special election
August 4, 2016 by
If elected to the Rosemount-Apple Valley-Eagan school board in a special election Aug. 9, Craig Angrimson won’t need a crash course in the issues that matter to union members. Since exiting the U.S. Marine Corps, Angrimson has spent his career in the union movement, working for Northwest Airlines as a member of the Machinists union […]
Black Friday recap: Strikes, marches lift call for higher wages
November 29, 2014 by
Demonstrators in the Twin Cities yesterday echoed an expansive call put forth at Black Friday actions across the country to lift workers and their families out of poverty by guaranteeing livable wages, access to earned sick time and a path to forming a union without fear of retaliation. The target of most Black Friday protests […]
Peter Rachleff: Turbulent history sheds light on Labor Day’s relevance
August 25, 2014 by
Monday, Sept. 1, will mark the 120th celebration of Labor Day as a legal, national holiday. The holiday had a turbulent, complicated beginning. Understanding more about this can help us rethink the significance of this holiday today. American labor in 1894 was a volatile force. The industrial revolution had radically transformed work, replacing skilled labor […]
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