Unionized doctors in the Allina Health system are frustrated with the slow pace of contract negotiations and management’s failure to address concerns about ongoing lab-processing delays.
St. Paul lawmaker vows to act on health care for MSP workers if MAC won’t
January 29, 2024 by
Airport workers are dialing up the pressure on employers at Minneapolis St. Paul International Airport and the airport’s governing body to do something to make their health insurance more affordable. Health benefits have been a sticking point in separate negotiations covering two groups of workers at MSP Airport, about 450 airline catering workers represented by […]
Minnesota union members led the fight to secure bonus pay for 1 million frontline workers
October 4, 2022 by
Over 1 million Minnesotans will begin receiving payments of $487.45 from the State of Minnesota this week as a token of public appreciation for their work on the front lines of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Psych workers at M Health, Allina strike during Mental Health Awareness Month
May 25, 2022 by
How do you observe Mental Health Awareness Month when the crisis in your workplace continues to worsen? Over 400 mental health workers in the Twin Cities answered that question yesterday by going on strike for union contracts that address safety concerns and low wages in their industry. The one-day strike over unfair labor practices brought […]
Frontline workers’ focus turns to Senate after House passes bonus pay
February 25, 2022 by
Worker advocacy groups pledged not to be divided as they push for legislation that recognizes the sacrifices of all who showed up to work.
As staffing crisis deepens, DFL lawmakers respond with bill to keep nurses at bedside
February 4, 2022 by
Sen. Erin Murphy, a registered nurse and the bill’s chief author, called the measure “a hyperlocal, hospital-by-hospital approach” to dealing with the staffing crisis.
Essential workers tell lawmakers: Minnesotans support emergency leave
June 17, 2021 by
“We aren’t asking for a handout,” Minnesota Nurses Association President Mary Turner said. “What we are asking for is justice.”
Candidates for governor vie for labor support at state AFL-CIO forum
February 16, 2018 by
The four DFLers were united in opposing right-to-work legislation and supporting union organizing and collective bargaining.
On Labor Day, nearly 5,000 Allina nurses begin open-ended strike (photos & video)
September 5, 2016 by
Thousands of Allina nurses and their supporters are spending Labor Day on the picket line, as members of the Minnesota Nurses Association today began an open-ended strike at five Twin Cities facilities. For the second time this summer, union nurses at United, Abbott Northwestern, Mercy and Unity hospitals and Phillips Eye Institute walked off the […]
Panel: Women workers making gains in Minnesota, but work toward equity remains
August 26, 2014 by
On the 94th anniversary of women’s suffrage in the U.S., a panel of three state lawmakers from the East Metro discussed the gains women workers in Minnesota made with passage of the Women’s Economic Security Act this year – and the work for equality that remains to be done. Sen. Sandy Pappas of St. Paul, […]
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