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The time it takes to organize a union is typically measured in months, if not years. Not so for workers at the Alamo Drafthouse in Woodbury, who voted March 27 to join Communications Workers (CWA) Local 7250 in a process that took a mere six weeks. It was as quick an organizing drive as anyone […]
Two new academic reports have raised concerns among some lawmakers that public funds are being used to stifle worker voice.
Unions saw modest growth last year both nationwide and in Minnesota, where 15.8% of workers were represented by unions in 2025, an increase of 1%.
A union contract, workers said, would provide greater certainty at an uncertain time for higher education.
SMRLS’s new “wall-to-wall” bargaining unit brings together over 70 workers, including staff attorneys, support staff, accountants and development professionals.
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.
Minnesota unions made membership gains in 2024, according to an annual report released last month by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. Nationally, union density remained about the same.
One of the largest organizing drives in the country got a boost in St. Paul last month, as Delta Air Lines flight attendants and ramp, cargo and tower workers pushed closer to a union election at the world’s most profitable carrier. Supporters spilled out of a crowded union hall at the St. Paul Labor Center […]
Delta workers say the airline has responded to their organizing drive with a relentless union-busting campaign, cracking down on pro-union speech and flooding the workplace with disinformation.
Since Minnesota workers formed the first union at a Half Price Books location, booksellers at stores in Indiana, Illinois, Kansas and California have unionized, too.
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