Hospital representatives have outright refused to engage with the union’s staffing proposals – members’ top priority – during negotiations, leaving nurses feeling demoralized and disrespected.
Allina primary-care doctors picket: ‘We need a lifeline’
June 3, 2025 by
The bargaining unit of 600 doctors, physicians’ assistants and nurse practitioners took the historic step – they are the first doctors to picket in Minnesota, according to their international union – 15 months into bargaining a first contract with Allina.
Twin Cities doctors, nurses to picket June 3-4 as progress stalls on contract campaigns
May 29, 2025 by
Unionized doctors and nurses escalate their contract campaigns at Allina and other local health systems.
Trump guts agencies key to keeping worksites safe
May 23, 2025 by
Local unions’ Workers Memorial Day observances took on heightened urgency this year, as the Trump administration sought to hollow out federal agencies critical to protecting workers from injury, illness and death on the job. Workers Memorial Day falls on April 28, the date President Richard Nixon signed the Occupa-tional Safety and Health Act into law […]
OPEIU members decry ‘culture of fear’ at HealthPartners, set May 5 strike deadline
April 29, 2025 by
Union leaders described a trend of “more punitive discipline than legitimate corrective action” doled out to members in recent years.
Unions show solidarity with immigrant workers amid deportation surge
April 25, 2025 by
The pushback from labor and community groups comes as Trump’s deportation plan approaches a constitutional tipping point.
TSA officers say Trump’s move to terminate their contract about fear, not safety
April 10, 2025 by
Ultimately, workers fear the administration’s ultimate goal isn’t to bust their union, but to privatize airport security altogether.
Seeking ‘strength in numbers,’ Roseville baristas vote to join Starbucks union
March 19, 2025 by
In balloting March 6, workers at the Starbucks south of Highway 36 and Fairview Avenue voted 16-3 to join Starbucks Workers United, which represents over 10,500 workers across the U.S.
After insulting wage offer from HealthPartners, office staff vote to authorize strike
February 10, 2025 by
The union represents about 1,000 workers at 31 HealthPartners facilities in the Twin Cities.
Solidarity in the skies: In St. Paul, Delta workers rally together for a union
February 3, 2025 by
One of the largest organizing drives in the country got a boost in St. Paul last month, as Delta Air Lines flight attendants and ramp, cargo and tower workers pushed closer to a union election at the world’s most profitable carrier. Supporters spilled out of a crowded union hall at the St. Paul Labor Center […]
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