The employer tactic has come under scrutiny in recent years, as union membership has remained flat despite polling that shows interest in forming unions at a near-record high.
Kera Peterson: Unions are having a resurgence, and every member can be part of it
May 1, 2023 by
At the AFL-CIO Convention last summer, the nation’s largest labor federation set an ambitious goal to bring 1 million new members into our unions over the next 10 years. Since then, the federation has made a strategic investment in creating the Center for Transformational Organizing (CTO), which will bring together a broad coalition of union […]
Both of Minnesota’s medical cannabis companies now unionized
April 20, 2023 by
Workers at Green Thumb Industries/RISE Dispensaries formed a union last month, becoming the second group of medical cannabis workers in Minnesota to join Local 1189 of the United Food and Commercial Workers (UFCW). The union became official March 30, when a majority of employees signed cards authorizing Local 1189 as their representative in a so-called […]
Jamie Gulley: Time is right to organize ‘unions for all’
September 21, 2022 by
It was exciting to celebrate Labor Day this year with new polls showing the highest approval ratings for unions in decades. But we need to meet this moment.
With unanimous support, Public News Service staffers win union recognition
June 14, 2022 by
The nonprofit news organization’s 16 workers will enter bargaining as members of the Minnesota Newspaper and Communications Guild.
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 […]
Guthrie scenic artists voting in union election this month
February 1, 2022 by
Workers at Frattallone’s Hardware in Circle Pines and the Guthrie Theater in Minneapolis are set to vote by mail in union elections this month conducted by the National Labor Relations Board.
MN unions grew in 2021, bucking national trend
January 21, 2022 by
Minnesota bucked the national trend of declining union membership last year, as the state’s union rolls grew by 18,000 workers.
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 […]
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