Members of United Food and Commercial Workers Local 1189 voted last month to ratify a first contract with Mississippi Market after 11 months of bargaining with the St. Paul co-op grocer.
First union contract delivers gains for Mississippi Market workers
February 2, 2026 by Leave a Comment
With support from shoppers, St. Paul co-op workers win landslide union election
October 11, 2024 by
Mississippi Market Co-Op workers voted to unionize, bringing together 158 workers at the grocer’s three St. Paul locations.
After trendsetting campaign, Twin Cities workers ratify first contracts with Half Price Books
June 12, 2024 by
Since Minnesota workers formed the first union at a Half Price Books location, booksellers at stores in Indiana, Illinois, Kansas and California have unionized, too.
Grocery workers workers win historic raises, landmark safety language in new contracts
March 25, 2024 by
Lunds & Byerly’s workers bargained a first-in-the-nation process to develop policies covering violent events in their stores.
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.
Workers keep pressure on Half Price Books for a fair first contract
May 26, 2023 by
The bookseller developed a case of writer’s block when it came time to draft economic terms.
‘Riding the union wave,’ Minneapolis Trader Joe’s workers win landslide election
August 14, 2022 by
Minneapolis is home to the nation’s second unionized Trader Joe’s store, after workers voted overwhelmingly last week in favor of joining together to bargain with the retailer for better wages and safer working conditions. About a dozen workers on hand Friday, when the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) counted votes in a delivery bay behind […]
Guthrie scenic artists voting in union election this month
February 1, 2022 by
Workers at Frattallone’s Hardware in Circle Pines and the Guthrie Theater in Minneapolis are set to vote by mail in union elections this month conducted by the National Labor Relations Board.
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.
Jennifer Christensen: ‘We really are dedicated, as a union, to everyone doing better’
August 24, 2021 by
Jennifer Christensen’s career with the United Food and Commercial Workers started over 30 years ago as a part-time deli worker at Cub Foods, and it will end this month, when she retires as president of South St. Paul- and Duluth-based UFCW Local 1189.
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