Nearly 3,000 workers would benefit from raising MSP’s minimum wage to $15, a boost of close to $13 million into the Twin Cities economy.
Two years after Thanksgiving shock, Teamsters aren’t letting FLE off the hook
November 1, 2018 by
Members of Local 120 are still fighting for the wages they’re owed.
Workers put Trump on notice: ‘The U.S. mail is not for sale!’
October 8, 2018 by
Union solidarity is taking the wind out of Trump’s push to privatize the USPS.
Postal unions call National Day of Action to stop privatization
October 3, 2018 by
Local supporters will rally over the noon hour Oct. 8, outside the downtown Minneapolis Post Office.
Union ambassadors make case for public schools in St. Paul
August 28, 2018 by
SPFT members are helping their district reverse declining enrollment by doing what unions do best: organizing.
Guild members lead effort to halt leak investigation in Minneapolis
August 10, 2018 by
The union warns of a “chilling effect on free speech.”
Construction unions recruit veterans to trade helmets for hardhats
July 26, 2018 by
“They’re good employees right out of the gate even without any training.”
At organizing boot camp, workers look to build power from the inside out
July 16, 2018 by
It takes a strong union to bargain a strong contract. Or, as CWA Local 7304 member Jim Wiebe put it: “A hammer doesn’t swing by itself.” A union steward and welder at the New Flyer bus facility in St. Cloud, Wiebe was one of 55 activists from across the Midwest who traveled to St. Paul […]
Women workers take on MN restaurant lobby over tip penalty
June 28, 2018 by
An attack on tipped workers’ wages is an attack on women.
MN’s public-sector workers aren’t mourning Janus, they’re organizing
June 27, 2018 by
The decision has prompted a lot of hand-wringing over the labor movement’s downfall. Don’t buy it.
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