She has emerged as a leading advocate in the Senate for pension reform and worker protections, two top priorities for organized labor.
Voters back labor candidates, campaigns in local elections
November 12, 2019 by
Candidates carrying the unified labor endorsement performed well in local elections across the East Metro last week, and union members helped pass several school-funding measures as well. The St. Paul Regional Labor Federation, AFL-CIO, endorsed 25 candidates on the ballot in 2019, and 23 won their races. All six school levy and bond referendums endorsed […]
St. Paul’s union-endorsed candidates aim to build on city’s new labor standards
November 1, 2019 by
In November 2015, when St. Paul last held regular City Council elections, the city had no earned sick and safe time ordinance on the books, and hardly anyone at City Hall was talking about a $15 minimum wage. What a difference four years make. When voters in St. Paul go back to the polls Nov. […]
Bobby Kasper: Working people can be the difference Nov. 6
November 2, 2018 by
In Minnesota, we know what’s at stake. We’ve seen the attacks on working people in states around us.
Labor-endorsed Craig fighting to make sure everyone gets a ‘fair shot’
October 30, 2018 by
“I grew up with a very distinct feeling that a union had helped my family survive.”
On right to work and prevailing wage, it’s Walz … or Wisconsin
October 24, 2018 by
“People will tell you, ‘I’m not into politics,’” Walz told tradespeople. “You tell them too damn bad because politics is into you.”
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.
Labor-endorsed Karla Bigham fights ‘for an economy that works for everyone’
February 7, 2018 by
Bigham, a DFLer and longtime resident of Cottage Grove, is the labor-endorsed candidate in a Feb. 12 special election in Senate District 54.
Roy Magnuson: Labor unity is key as St. Paul turns the page
November 21, 2017 by
An intense St. Paul election cycle ended with a decisive win for Melvin Carter as mayor and similarly decisive wins for John Brodrick, Jeannie Foster and Marny Xiong in the school board race. Labor was a united force in the less prominent school board race, and a split force in the mayor’s race. With the […]
Mayor’s race divides St. Paul unions
October 24, 2017 by
It was no coincidence that Republican majorities in the Minnesota Legislature last session made stripping power from local governments one of their top priorities. Frustrated by political gridlock at the state and federal levels, working people in Minnesota and beyond are building powerful coalitions to make their voices heard in local government, and their elected […]
