#RedForEd movement, sluggish wage growth behind big uptick in major work stoppages.
Study finds taxpayers subsidize big-box stores at cost of $150 million per year in Minnesota
November 22, 2013 by
Retail workers and activists who join the protest outside Walmart in St. Paul on Black Friday will be armed with a scathing new report shedding light on the public cost of poverty-level wages paid by Walmart, Target and other big-box department stores. “At What Cost,” released Nov. 12 by the union-backed Minnesotans for a Fair […]
Harry Melander: Building builders, growing our economy
July 24, 2013 by
Drive to just about any region in our State. Look up or down, and you will see: “We are back.” You see new mining opportunities on the Iron Range and housing developments in our urban core. You see expansion of our medical center in Rochester and new investments in our regional transit system. All are […]
Bobby Kasper: Obama, Democrats the right choice for union members
October 24, 2012 by
We are at a political crossroads. The economy is still struggling from the devastatingly deep hole that President Obama inherited from George W. Bush. The political action that we take today through November 6 will decide our future as union members. We have a responsibility to get out the vote, with our state and federation […]
UNITE HERE Local 17: Bottom line is Vikes stadium will create jobs
June 20, 2012 by
The Vikings Stadium deal is done, and the members of UNITE HERE Local 17 are happy about that. We are happy about the jobs that it will provide over the next few years while it’s being built and about the jobs it will provide over the next 30+ years for our members. Local 17 represents […]
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