The state’s largest labor federation has identified its top priorities for the session, and defending the gains made in 2023 is at the top of the list.
Unions to stay vigilant at Capitol: ‘What we’ve got can go away in a vote’s notice’
February 23, 2024 by
Allina Health clinicians file for union election
August 11, 2023 by
They would be the nation’s largest private-sector union of clinicians.
SEIU pulls MN lawmaker’s endorsement over union busting at Planned Parenthood
July 7, 2023 by
Planned Parenthood workers this week pledged to continue fighting back against an intimidation campaign targeting elected union leaders at the reproductive health organization’s North Central States chapter. Meanwhile, the Service Employees (SEIU) union announced it had rescinded its endorsement of the Minnesota legislator who serves as the nonprofit’s CEO. Over 440 employees of Planned Parenthood […]
Psych workers at M Health, Allina strike during Mental Health Awareness Month
May 25, 2022 by
How do you observe Mental Health Awareness Month when the crisis in your workplace continues to worsen? Over 400 mental health workers in the Twin Cities answered that question yesterday by going on strike for union contracts that address safety concerns and low wages in their industry. The one-day strike over unfair labor practices brought […]
Staff at St. Paul AIDS service organization vote to unionize
April 4, 2022 by
“There’s an HIV outbreak in Minneapolis and Duluth right now. There’s real work to do. We don’t have time to be messing around.”
Twin Cities Starbucks workers join union wave
February 11, 2022 by
Workers at two Starbucks locations in the Twin Cities today announced they are forming unions, becoming the first Minnesotans to join a nationwide surge of worker organizing at the world’s largest coffeehouse chain. In letters emailed to Starbucks CEO Kevin Johnson and hand-delivered to their store managers this morning, baristas at 300 Snelling Avenue in […]
Strike vote nets Minneapolis laundry workers a better deal
November 3, 2021 by
After voting 97-1 to authorize a strike last week, laundry workers at Aramark’s northeast Minneapolis facility today accepted an improved offer from their employer, roughly doubling the wage increase included in the contract.
Home care workers, clients push Congress to act on ‘jobs, care, justice’
July 13, 2021 by
Investing in the care economy is also a matter of racial and economic justice, advocates said.
To assess care crisis, Walz ‘walks a day’ in PCA’s shoes
November 22, 2019 by
Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz walked in a home health care worker’s shoes today in St. Paul. The governor helped 41-year-old Jay Spika, who has primary progressive multiple sclerosis, bathe, dress and depart his St. Paul home. Walz worked alongside one of Spika’s home health aides, SEIU Healthcare Minnesota member Deb Howze. The “walk-a-day” event offered […]
Proposal to slash special ed stuns Cambridge-Isanti parents, staff
March 21, 2018 by
“It was basically a slap in the face to us, that we don’t mean anything,” special-ed para Melanie Custer said.
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