McCarthy’s accomplishments include recalibrating the federation to lead on racial and social justice issues, and overseeing political and lobbying programs that thwarted a wave of state-level attacks on union rights.
Union members urge hospitals to address staffing shortfalls with higher wages
December 6, 2021 by
Workers have publicly offered to renegotiate their union contracts with Twin Cities hospitals in an effort to help address staffing shortfalls that, workers warned, are only getting worse.
Newly unionized Chisago Lakes custodians tap community support in first contract campaign
November 10, 2021 by
The district has shown little interest, workers said, in addressing their concerns about wages, workloads and turnover.
Workers at Twin Cities mental health agency to vote on union
October 25, 2021 by
“We can’t adequately serve others until we are adequately taken care of,” said Andrew Vanden Broeke, a day treatment therapist who works with children 12 to 17 years old.
Half Price Books workers in Roseville, St. Paul form unions
October 18, 2021 by
Half the staffing has meant double the work for employees since the chain of booksellers reopened post-pandemic, but workers are pushing back.
Educators frustrated by plan to uproot St. Paul students
October 15, 2021 by
“I don’t think they’ve considered how these changes might push families further away,” Galtier science teacher Peter Ratzloff said.
Frustration builds as lawmakers blow deadline for plan to pay frontline workers
September 22, 2021 by
Workers accuse politicians of holding up the process in an attempt to pit frontline workers against each other.
Minnesota AFL-CIO wraps 55th convention with call for solidarity
September 21, 2021 by
Delegates reflected on the importance of solidarity during times of crisis, and reaffirmed their commitment to building a just, inclusive labor movement.
Leadership changes, but Trades’ focus remains on building careers, communities
July 22, 2021 by
A new president gaveled the 75th convention of the Minnesota State Building and Construction Trades Council to order at Madden’s on Gull Lake today, as delegates unanimously affirmed their Executive Board in electing Laborers Local 563 Business Manager Joe Fowler to lead the statewide organization. President Emeritus Harry Melander, who retired in June after […]
Medical cannabis workers ‘insulted’ by MN grower’s contract offer
July 9, 2021 by
Workers at Vireo Health’s growing facility and eight cannabis patient centers across the state voted unanimously to reject the employer’s “last, best and final” contract proposal in June.
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