In balloting March 6, workers at the Starbucks south of Highway 36 and Fairview Avenue voted 16-3 to join Starbucks Workers United, which represents over 10,500 workers across the U.S.
Joining MNA a ‘proud moment’ for Hazelden Betty Ford nurses
February 4, 2025 by
Nurses at the esteemed treatment center in Chisago County voted to unionize last month, part of a recent organizing surge among health care workers in the Twin Cities area.
Union election in February for Macalester student workers
December 16, 2024 by
The vote will be open to an estimated 1,300 students in a wide range of work-study jobs.
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.
More advocacy workers unionizing in Minnesota
January 30, 2024 by
Workers at two prominent Minnesota nonprofit organizations, The Advocates for Human Rights and Mid-Minnesota Legal Aid, have moved to unionize this winter. About 110 staff members at Mid-Minnesota Legal Aid (MMLA) are participating in a union election after an overwhelming majority of workers signed a petition to join together and bargain collectively as members of […]
Allina Health clinicians file for union election
August 11, 2023 by
They would be the nation’s largest private-sector union of clinicians.
Science Museum workers vote to unionize
January 20, 2023 by
Workers at the Science Museum of Minnesota have voted to form a union. Council 5 of the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Workers (AFSCME) announced the election results today. Museum workers petitioned the National Labor Relations Board for a union election in November, and the board tallied votes yesterday. “Workers at the Science […]
Minnesota United video board techs win union election
September 21, 2022 by
After an organizing drive that drew support from Loons players and fans, elected officials and the labor community, Minnesota United FC’s video board technicians have won their union, voting to join Local 745 of the International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees (IATSE). The National Labor Relations Board counted votes today after a three-week, mail-in election. […]
Union election begins for over 400 Planned Parenthood workers
June 27, 2022 by
Over 400 Planned Parenthood workers in five states, including Minnesota, will begin voting by mail this week in a union organizing election. The National Labor Relations Board will tally votes July 21. Frontline workers at Planned Parenthood North Central States’ 28 facilities in Minnesota, Iowa, North Dakota, South Dakota and Nebraska are eligible to participate […]
‘Surge’ in union elections prompts call to bolster NLRB staffing
May 20, 2022 by
The request comes at a time when American workers are joining together to form unions in numbers not seen for a decade – and in the wake of a public appeal from the agency’s general counsel for more resources to prevent a backlog of cases.
Union Advocate 