We need to pivot from treating care as a problem for individuals and toward understanding that it is a shared experience across our society.
Ordway offers union-member discount on tickets to Sting’s ‘The Last Ship’
March 6, 2020 by
Members of creative and labor unions can get tickets for just $49.
Supreme Court ‘weaponizes’ First Amendment to attack public-sector workers
June 27, 2018 by
“The First Amendment was meant for better things,” Justice Elena Kagan wrote in a dissent to the 5-4 decision.
Dave Zirin: The ‘megaphone of sports’ is more global, powerful than ever
January 31, 2018 by
“We’re taught sports is this level playing field, this epitome of America, where anybody who’s good can make it. Yet the reality is it’s a very unlevel playing field.”
Walker’s anti-union Act 10 dealing major blow to WI public schools, report finds
November 20, 2017 by
A new analysis of Wisconsin’s public schools reveals several alarming trends since the state adopted legislation stripping teachers and other public service workers of most collective bargaining rights in 2011. “Gov. Scott Walker and Republican elected leaders in Wisconsin said that Act 10 would benefit schools and families alike,” said David Madlan, co-author of the […]
Friedrichs is history (maybe), but Minnesota workers aren’t letting their guard down
May 3, 2016 by
Labor History Month kicked off in St. Paul last night with a discussion of history in the making, as panelists offered insight into public-sector workers’ recent push to breath new life into their unions and defend their right to a voice on the job. The public forum, titled “The Friedrichs Case and the Future […]
Union members look to make difference on White Bear Lake school board
October 27, 2015 by
Ellen Fahey and Marge Newmaster, two of three labor-endorsed candidates for White Bear Lake school board, understand the challenges working families face, value public education and appreciate the collective bargaining process. It’s no coincidence Fahey and Newmaster also are union members. Minnesota unions have put a focus in recent years on training and equipping members, […]
Home care workers, clients not backing down from anti-union group’s legal challenge
October 21, 2015 by
A week ago, Francis Hall made history as the first known home care worker in Minnesota to take a paid vacation day. Today, Hall stood outside the federal courthouse in St. Paul and condemned the well funded, extremist groups suing to deny her that benefit – and take away her newly formed union. “We’ve come too […]
High court will hear case targeting public-sector unions
June 30, 2015 by
The Supreme Court today announced it would hear arguments in a case challenging unions’ ability to collect fees from public-sector workers who choose not to join a union but, as members of the bargaining unit, enjoy equal access to benefits provided by the union contract. Eliminating so-called “fair share fees,” ruled constitutional by the Supreme […]
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