“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.
Bobby Kasper: Raising wages starts at home
February 5, 2018 by
In St. Paul, we can cross our fingers and wait for corporate tax cuts to trickle down, or we can pass a $15 minimum wage that ensures no one working in our city lives in poverty.
Twin Cities workers plan May Day actions for better working conditions, immigrant rights
April 26, 2017 by
Workers have unveiled plans to strike, rally and march May 1 for better wages, safe working conditions and respect on the job. At a press conference last week outside a Minneapolis Home Depot, local organizers said International Workers’ Day takes on added urgency this year, given the “current political climate and mass mobilization of communities […]
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