“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, […]
