“How many more good people will we lose because of the low pay, lack of benefits and ongoing disrespect?”
Nursing home workers plan to strike as new industry standards board ramps up work
February 23, 2024 by
Insulted by 1% wage offer, Half Price Books workers strike
July 13, 2023 by
Management canceled talks after more than 40 workers showed up to bargaining this morning.
Hastings food service workers strike for higher wages
February 7, 2023 by
“We feed their kids,” school cook Julie Clark said. “They should do more to help us feed ours.”
Newly unionized Chisago Lakes custodians tap community support in first contract campaign
November 10, 2021 by
The district has shown little interest, workers said, in addressing their concerns about wages, workloads and turnover.
Strike vote nets Minneapolis laundry workers a better deal
November 3, 2021 by
After voting 97-1 to authorize a strike last week, laundry workers at Aramark’s northeast Minneapolis facility today accepted an improved offer from their employer, roughly doubling the wage increase included in the contract.
Half Price Books workers in Roseville, St. Paul form unions
October 18, 2021 by
Half the staffing has meant double the work for employees since the chain of booksellers reopened post-pandemic, but workers are pushing back.
As driver shortage hampers start of school, unions point to low pay, benefits
September 22, 2021 by
Access to unemployment insurance would help retain drivers through the lean times, advocates said.
Strikes surge nationwide
March 2, 2020 by
#RedForEd movement, sluggish wage growth behind big uptick in major work stoppages.
Hotel workers planning May Day march: ‘One job should be enough’
April 25, 2019 by
“The hotels are making record profits. If we don’t ask them to give us a little part of the pie, they won’t.”
Home care workers push Walz to address ‘crisis of care’ with higher wages
January 25, 2019 by
Workforce and demographic trends amount to a crisis, home care workers and clients warn, and addressing it starts with raising wages.
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