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.
St. Paul Starbucks workers win union election
April 27, 2022 by
Baristas in St. Paul won their union election today, giving Minnesota its first corporate-owned, unionized Starbucks.
General counsel will urge NLRB to deem captive audience meetings illegal
April 25, 2022 by
For over 70 years the NLRB has allowed employers to use captive audience meetings to stifle organizing drives, but the board’s new general counsel wants that to change.
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.”
Minnesota’s Erickson part of change coming to Teamsters’ international leadership
January 26, 2022 by
“The companies that are bullies out there, they need to know that if they go to war with the Teamsters, they better buckle up,” Erickson said.
Half Price Books workers ready to bargain after victory in St. Louis Park
January 7, 2022 by
In an election certified yesterday by the National Labor Relations Board, workers at Half Price Books in St. Louis Park won recognition of their union, joining workers at three other Twin Cities locations who voted to organize a month earlier. United Food and Commercial Workers Local 663, which supported the organizing drive, said workers in […]
Burnham to succeed McCarthy as Minnesota AFL-CIO president
December 14, 2021 by
McCarthy’s accomplishments include recalibrating the federation to lead on racial and social justice issues, and overseeing political and lobbying programs that thwarted a wave of state-level attacks on union rights.
Bernie Hesse: Politicians, bad laws can’t stop workers from organizing
March 26, 2015 by
Our union, United Food and Commercial Workers Local 1189, organized a new group of workers in Luck, Wis., the day Gov. Scott Walker signed a Right to Work for Less bill. The workers at Pioneer Care Center, a nursing home in Luck, voted overwhelmingly for a union. The worker win was the bright spot on […]
Stagehands’ youth movement pays off with organizing win at Varsity Theater
March 20, 2015 by
After an organizing drive fueled by young activists and backed by the International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees, workers at the Varsity Theater in Dinkytown have a union. It’s the first successful organizing campaign for IATSE Local 13 in “many years,” according to Michael Abramson, co-chair of the Twin Cities-based union’s Young Worker Committee. The […]
Talk organizing rule changes with local NLRB director April 7
March 19, 2015 by
The Minneapolis-based regional director of the National Labor Relations Board will discuss rule changes set to take effect next month that will modernize and streamline union organizing elections. Regional Director Marlin Osthus will appear at an informal discussion on how the new rules will impact workers, unions and employers April 7 at 10 a.m. at […]
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