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The working people who keep Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport running, who keep it clean and who have made it safe for travelers during the COVID-19 crisis are about to get a well-deserved raise. Members of the Metropolitan Airports Commission (MAC) voted unanimously today to put the airport on track to a $15 minimum wage. The […]
Six years ago, it was dismissed as too radical. Today, $15 for all workers is written into St. Paul’s legislative code.
Nearly 3,000 workers would benefit from raising MSP’s minimum wage to $15, a boost of close to $13 million into the Twin Cities economy.
The ordinance would raise wages for an estimated 56,000 people – nearly a third of the city’s workforce.
“The time for debate is over,” Pastor James Erlandson said. “It’s time to pass the ordinance.”
A self-described “organizer at heart,” Nelson knows it takes people power to make meaningful change.
The labor movement was at its strongest when we took on fights that benefited the entire working class.
An attack on tipped workers’ wages is an attack on women.
The industry says it’s in trouble, but job openings in Minnesota restaurants have increased by 200 percent since 2014, when the minimum wage began to climb.
Corporate special interests and Republicans in the Legislature are trying to pull the rug out from under workers fighting for $15 in St. Paul.
