The voice of Saint Paul's working families since 1897
As striking food service workers in Hastings put a spotlight on hardships faced by some of the lowest-paid school employees, state lawmakers this week debated bold, new legislation to lift standards for all hourly school workers. The “Education Support Professionals’ Bill of Rights,” introduced by DFLers in both the House and Senate, would establish a […]
In its inclusive membership, its vision of broad and sweeping change, and its insistence that all workers should share in the wealth that they produce, the Fight for $15 shares a kinship with the movement for the eight-hour day.
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.
Union Advocate 