AFSCME members criticized county leaders for scrapping the Detoxification and Withdrawal Management program during a substance-abuse crisis in the community.
Science Museum workers appeal to public as cuts threaten programs, access
August 21, 2025 by
Rather than taking a collaborative approach to navigating the new industry landscape, Science Museum management has shut workers out of the planning process.
Historical Society’s plan to close sites, lay off staff needs scrutiny, union says
August 15, 2025 by
Union members are demanding answers from Minnesota Historical Society executives after a shakeup that will result in 36 layoffs and reduced access to sites and materials maintained by the organization. “We want to see the receipts,” AFSCME Local 3173 President Jacob Rorem said. The layoffs, announced July 28, impacted 28 members of the bargaining unit, […]
Unions decry state lawmakers’ move to close Stillwater prison
May 23, 2025 by
Corrections officers and other Stillwater prison workers are demanding that state leaders reconsider their plan, announced as part of a bipartisan budget agreement earlier this month, to close the facility by 2029.
As hospital cuts loom in St. Paul, workers demand accountability, engagement from M Health Fairview
October 22, 2020 by
With hundreds of jobs at stake, union nurses and health care workers are sounding the alarm on M Health Fairview’s plan to slash services at two St. Paul hospitals and close 16 clinics across the region. The health system announced plans this month to close Bethesda Hospital, the only COVID-19 specialty hospital in the area, […]
HealthPartners workers picket, warn clinic closings will hurt local communities at worst possible time
July 30, 2020 by
“We don’t bail on our patients, not during a pandemic, not after the murder of George Floyd, not ever.”
Resources for workers impacted by COVID-19 response
March 30, 2020 by
Efforts to halt the spread of COVID-19 are creating immediate economic hardship for many working families, but help is available during the crisis.
Proposal to slash special ed stuns Cambridge-Isanti parents, staff
March 21, 2018 by
“It was basically a slap in the face to us, that we don’t mean anything,” special-ed para Melanie Custer said.
Staff cuts at embattled St. Paul charter school target union leaders
June 8, 2016 by
A St. Paul charter school’s campaign to deny employees a voice on the job reached a new low yesterday, when administrators announced a wave of staff cuts eliminating several key areas of classroom programming and decimating the union’s bargaining team. The number of teachers and support staff let go remains in flux, union leaders said […]
House Republicans play politics with unemployment extension for steelworkers
March 4, 2016 by
Steelworkers pleaded with members of a House committee yesterday to pass a clean bill extending unemployment benefits to workers impacted by the Iron Range mining slowdown, but they couldn’t convince Republicans, who continued holding the relief package hostage for $271 million in tax cuts for businesses. “Believe me, this is not an easy thing for […]
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