If the levy fails, the district will need to cut programming and services by $37.2 million before school starts next fall.
Labor groups applaud St. Paul’s move to allow administrative fines
February 6, 2025 by
The vote to amend the city charter, supporters said, will allow St. Paul to enforce its labor standards – like the $15 minimum wage – more effectively and equitably.
Worker advocates welcome St. Paul’s new wage theft law
December 10, 2024 by
St. Paul will have a new wage theft ordinance on the books Jan. 1. The measure, pushed by Mayor Melvin Carter and co-authored by all seven members of the City Council, drew praise from labor leaders and worker advocates as a step toward more robust, efficient protections for people working in the capital city. Construction […]
Peterson: Let’s re-commit to keeping unions strong
September 3, 2024 by
As a labor movement, it’s imperative that we mobilize union members to get to the polls and vote in our general election on or before Nov. 5.
Kera Peterson: Unions are having a resurgence, and every member can be part of it
May 1, 2023 by
At the AFL-CIO Convention last summer, the nation’s largest labor federation set an ambitious goal to bring 1 million new members into our unions over the next 10 years. Since then, the federation has made a strategic investment in creating the Center for Transformational Organizing (CTO), which will bring together a broad coalition of union […]
Union Advocate recognized in international Labor Media contest
March 1, 2023 by
The International Labor Communications Association (ILCA) announced winners of its annual Labor Media Awards last month, recognizing outstanding work published in 2021. The Saint Paul Union Advocate received a first-place award for photography and a third-place award for analysis. ILCA’s awards contest is the largest competition exclusively for labor journalists, drawing thousands of entries that […]
Kera Peterson: Our shared agenda is advancing at the Capitol
February 3, 2023 by
Several bills that unions have advocated for during previous legislative cycles are quickly progressing through the legislative process.
Kera Peterson: Labor-endorsed candidates have earned our support
October 20, 2022 by
It’s autumn in Minnesota, and trade unionists across our great state are taking action together every day though the Labor 2022 program. We started earlier this spring with a rigorous screening process that helped determine which candidates had done the work to earn the Minnesota AFL-CIO’s endorsement. In August, we kicked-off our grassroots member education […]
Kera Peterson: Organizing surge shows what’s possible at the polls
August 30, 2022 by
It’s imperative that we take the same momentum driving this surge in workplace organizing and use it to mobilize union members to get to the polls.
Labor Bowl fundraiser nets $14,000 for AFL-CIO Community Services program
May 17, 2012 by
The St. Paul Regional Labor Federation’s annual Labor Bowl event May 3 raised more than $14,000 raised for the St. Paul Labor Studies and Resource Center, making it the most successful Labor Bowl the Regional Labor Federation has ever hosted. The bowling fundraiser at Midway Pro Bowl in St. Paul drew 16 teams. Sponsors included […]
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