“This is patient abandonment,” MNA President Mary Turner said.
St. Paul educators to district: ‘We’re here for our students’
January 23, 2020 by
Unions’ student-centered demands are falling on deaf ears.
Kasper to retire, Peterson elected to lead St. Paul labor federation
December 12, 2019 by
The St. Paul Regional Labor Federation will have new leadership in the coming new year. After a decade in office, RLF President Bobby Kasper will retire at the end of December, a decision he made official at the federation’s delegate meeting Dec. 11. Kasper, a “proud” member of LIUNA Laborers Local 563, has served as […]
MSP catering workers protest on busy travel day
November 26, 2019 by
Their rallying cry: “One job should be enough.”
Wednesday is Public Post Office Day in Minnesota
November 25, 2019 by
Gov. Tim Walz issued a proclamation last week declaring Wednesday, Nov. 27, Public Post Office Day in the state of Minnesota. The proclamation, signed by both the governor and Secretary of State Steve Simon, is a token of the state’s gratitude for the U.S. Postal Service and its employees as they brace for a busy […]
To open more eyes to apprenticeship, Carpenters open training center doors
November 15, 2019 by
Latesha Hayes’ career path came full circle this morning. A fourth-year apprentice with the Carpenters union, Hayes was one of six tradeswomen who led 33 eighth-grade girls from Roseville on a tour of the union’s St. Paul training center. The students put on hard hats and safety glasses, worked with tools of the trade and […]
Labor rallies to support striking Steelworkers in Blaine
November 8, 2019 by
BLAINE – Bosses at Carley Foundry learned an important lesson today. Pick a fight with one Minnesota union, and you’ll get a fight with them all. About 220 members of United Steelworkers Local 63B began an unfair-labor-practices strike Saturday at the Blaine plant, which supplies parts to aerospace and other firms. Their picket line swelled […]
Unions bring tradeswomen together with Minneapolis conference
October 4, 2019 by
Tradeswomen from across the U.S. and Canada are descending on the Twin Cities for the union-sponsored Tradeswomen Build Nations conference this weekend. In its ninth year, the annual event has grown to become the world’s largest gathering of women working in the skilled construction trades. Organizers expect this year’s conference, taking place at the Hilton […]
UAW members in Hudson stick together as GM strike enters third week
October 1, 2019 by
After two weeks on the picket line outside General Motors’ Hudson, Wis., facility, members of United Auto Workers Local 722 are still standing together as their international union seeks a fair deal in nationwide contract talks with the automaker. A big reason why workers have been able to hold the line, Local 722 President Jennifer […]
Hotel workers planning May Day march: ‘One job should be enough’
April 25, 2019 by
“The hotels are making record profits. If we don’t ask them to give us a little part of the pie, they won’t.”
Union Advocate 