“They say they want this to be a career. Then why don’t we get career wages?”
MSP workers unite to push for affordable health benefits
September 12, 2022 by
Workers who led the successful push for a $15 minimum wage at Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport have launched a new campaign for affordable health insurance benefits. At a press conference inside Terminal 1 today, janitors, gate agents, catering workers and others at the airport explained that, as their hourly wages increase beyond $15 per hour, […]
After walking away from workers, Millennium gets heat from convention delegates
August 18, 2022 by
Housekeepers and other hotel employees took the stage on Day 1 of the AFL-CIO’s Pride at Work convention and told delegates that the Millennium Hotel had pulled back tentative agreements with their union two months after booking the convention. Delegates didn’t take the news sitting down. They marched out of the Millennium ballroom and into […]
Fair State, Schell’s brew together to celebrate solidarity
March 5, 2021 by
Minnesota’s oldest and newest union breweries have teamed up to craft a beer celebrating solidarity in the workplace. Union Lager is a collaborative brew by Fair State in the Twin Cities, where workers formed a union with UNITE HERE Local 17 last summer, and August Schell in New Ulm, where union members have been brewing […]
Victory at MSP, as workers win $15 after long campaign
October 19, 2020 by
The working people who keep Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport running, who keep it clean and who have made it safe for travelers during the COVID-19 crisis are about to get a well-deserved raise. Members of the Metropolitan Airports Commission (MAC) voted unanimously today to put the airport on track to a $15 minimum wage. The […]
Workers tap into community support, put Surly on notice: ‘We’re not done here’
September 6, 2020 by
Credit the union-busting brewer for inspiring one raucous Labor Day-weekend rally.
Tattersall workers make history with union vote, raising hopes for industry-wide reform
August 20, 2020 by
Collective bargaining is in the mix for workers at Tattersall Distilling in Minneapolis after they voted in favor of joining together in a union. The Twin Cities hospitality union, UNITE HERE Local 17, announced the news on social media today. Tattersall employees are the first at any craft distillery in the U.S. to form a […]
Union solidarity drives fight for $15 at MSP Airport
January 22, 2020 by
They may work different jobs or carry different union cards, but workers at Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport are fighting together to raise MSP’s minimum wage to $15. And their solidarity is paying off. The Metropolitan Airports Commission, which oversees operations at MSP Airport, is advancing an ordinance that would raise the minimum wage in three […]
MSP catering workers protest on busy travel day
November 26, 2019 by
Their rallying cry: “One job should be enough.”
Hotel workers planning May Day march: ‘One job should be enough’
April 25, 2019 by
“The hotels are making record profits. If we don’t ask them to give us a little part of the pie, they won’t.”
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