In St. Paul, the ordinance has worked so well that council members are poised to strengthen it, extending coverage to employees of companies outside St. Paul when they perform work in the city.
Council members push back against hospital cuts
February 11, 2020 by
Fairview’s proposed cuts amount to “abandonment of the central city,” Jane Prince said.
Voters back labor candidates, campaigns in local elections
November 12, 2019 by
Candidates carrying the unified labor endorsement performed well in local elections across the East Metro last week, and union members helped pass several school-funding measures as well. The St. Paul Regional Labor Federation, AFL-CIO, endorsed 25 candidates on the ballot in 2019, and 23 won their races. All six school levy and bond referendums endorsed […]
St. Paul’s union-endorsed candidates aim to build on city’s new labor standards
November 1, 2019 by
In November 2015, when St. Paul last held regular City Council elections, the city had no earned sick and safe time ordinance on the books, and hardly anyone at City Hall was talking about a $15 minimum wage. What a difference four years make. When voters in St. Paul go back to the polls Nov. […]
Wage hike shows what’s possible when workers join together, think big
December 19, 2018 by
Six years ago, it was dismissed as too radical. Today, $15 for all workers is written into St. Paul’s legislative code.
Fight for $15 moves to city hall
September 12, 2018 by
“The time for debate is over,” Pastor James Erlandson said. “It’s time to pass the ordinance.”
Women workers take on MN restaurant lobby over tip penalty
June 28, 2018 by
An attack on tipped workers’ wages is an attack on women.
As momentum for $15 builds in St. Paul, so does concern over corporate interference
March 23, 2018 by
Corporate special interests and Republicans in the Legislature are trying to pull the rug out from under workers fighting for $15 in St. Paul.
Four takeaways from the new report on raising St. Paul’s minimum wage
February 22, 2018 by
Poverty wages are a big problem in St. Paul, but interest groups are already trying to poke holes in a potential minimum wage ordinance.
Prominent activist to talk $15, #MeToo with tipped workers in St. Paul
January 16, 2018 by
Saru Jayaraman’s work reveals the tip penalty’s troubling impact on working conditions in the restaurant industry, especially regarding sexual harassment.
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