School employees have been fighting to change the law restricting their access to UI benefits for decades. Now, the pandemic has brought the issue to a tipping point.
Excluded from unemployment benefits, hourly school workers speak out: ‘It is insulting’
July 16, 2020 by 2 Comments
Labor gets behind school bonds, levies in East Metro
October 25, 2019 by
Organized labor is boosting efforts to fund new investments in several East Metro public school districts, including a record-breaking building referendum in the White Bear Lake Area Schools. Levy and bond referendums empower communities to invest in their schools’ programming, facilities and technology – investments that always pay off in the long run, St. Paul […]
Labor unites behind Walz for governor
August 16, 2018 by
Unions are joining forces to elect one of their own to the state’s highest office.
Teaching, union leadership ‘all come together in the auditor’s office’ for Blaha
August 2, 2018 by
“I’m a math teacher. I don’t have millions of dollars at my disposal… But I’ve got my union family.”
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.
With pension and bonding bills, Dayton saves best for last
May 31, 2018 by
Dayton has “firmly cemented his legacy as a champion for working people,” Minnesota AFL-CIO President Bill McCarthy said.
Day of action unites working people in St. Paul, nationwide
February 24, 2018 by
Public-sector workers aren’t cowering from the Janus decision. And they aren’t standing alone, either.
Solidarity puts historic referendum campaign in North Branch over the top
July 6, 2017 by
We all do better when we work together. That’s the lesson teachers and support staff in the North Branch Area Schools learned from the district’s first successful referendum campaign in at least 15 years. And it was a valuable lesson, as voters in a special election May 23 approved all three of District 138’s funding […]
Labor-endorsed candidates back investments in public education, from pre-K to higher ed
November 4, 2016 by
Bold investments in public schools and early learners. Higher education that’s affordable for working families. An aggressive approach to narrowing the achievement gap between white students and students of color. Labor-endorsed candidates have high hopes when it comes to education in Minnesota, but they will need to win a majority in the House – and […]
Four ways to show support for Allina nurses in their open-ended strike
September 3, 2016 by
Last-ditch talks between Allina nurses and management broke off early this morning after a marathon, 22-hour negotiating session failed to yield agreement on a new contract. As a result, nearly 5,000 members of the Minnesota Nurses Association plan to begin an open-ended strike Monday morning. If picket lines go up on Labor Day, nurses will count on broad […]
