For many non-faculty workers at Macalester, their jobs suddenly felt a lot less secure after President Trump’s victory.
Mac’s new union weighs labor charge after college changes work rules
May 23, 2025 by
Newly unionized student workers at Macalester College in St. Paul marched on their boss after the school abruptly changed terms of employment covering many in the bargaining unit of 1,100.
Union election in February for Macalester student workers
December 16, 2024 by
The vote will be open to an estimated 1,300 students in a wide range of work-study jobs.
Macalester student workers launch public union drive: ‘It’s been exhilarating’
March 26, 2024 by
Mac student workers hope to bargain for better pay and protected, respectful lines of communication with their supervisors.
Dave Zirin: The ‘megaphone of sports’ is more global, powerful than ever
January 31, 2018 by
“We’re taught sports is this level playing field, this epitome of America, where anybody who’s good can make it. Yet the reality is it’s a very unlevel playing field.”
Erik Brandt: An open letter to Macalester College (and its peers)
July 5, 2017 by
I’d like to tell you about my long-time colleague, Amy. Over the last 20 years at Harding High School in St. Paul, I have watched Amy work tirelessly with thousands of our fantastic students – nearly all of whom are low-income, minority, first generation to attend college – to help them navigate the college acceptance […]
As strike drags on, nurses question Allina board members’ leadership
September 14, 2016 by
The 16 members of Allina Health’s board of directors have remained mostly above the fray since a contentious round of negotiations with nearly 5,000 union nurses began in February. But that changed last week, when Allina nurses at five Twin Cities facilities began an open-ended strike and, at the same time, rolled out a […]
Hamline adjunct faculty members vote to join union
June 20, 2014 by
In the first union-organizing election among faculty members at a private college in Minnesota, adjunct instructors at Hamline University in St. Paul voted to join Local 284 of the Service Employees International Union. Eligible faculty members at Hamline cast their ballots by mail earlier this month. A vote tally took place this morning at the […]
Macalester won’t stay neutral in faculty union vote
May 7, 2014 by
Despite public appeals from students, instructors and U.S. Rep. Keith Ellison to take a neutral stance, Macalester College administrators last week announced their opposition to efforts by contingent faculty members to organize a union. Macalester President Brian Rosenberg and Provost Kathy Murray revealed their opposition in a memo sent May 2 to the school’s tenured […]
Panel explores new approaches to building a better economy
May 6, 2014 by
Cantaré Davunt nodded her head as Anne Winkler-Morey talked about struggling to make ends meet as an adjunct professor. To Davunt, the challenges adjunct faculty face – low wages, unreliable hours, few opportunities for advancement – sounded all too familiar to her experience as an associate at Walmart. Davunt and Winkler-Morey joined a panel discussion […]
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