Heat’s On has given back over $4 million in volunteer work hours and repairs over the last four decades.
Union plumbers provide free repairs on Water’s Off day of service
April 10, 2025 by
Sponsored by St. Paul Plumbers Local 34 and Minneapolis Local 15, the event provides free service calls to low-income, senior and disabled homeowners in the Twin Cities.
Volunteers key to Minnesota unions’ election-year goals
July 19, 2024 by
At the heart of the “Labor 2024” campaign will be conversations between union members – in the break room, on the doorstep or over the phone – about what matters to them.
St. Paul educators give away 40,000 books
January 30, 2024 by
The St. Paul Federation of Educators gave away 40,000 books to children, families and teachers Dec. 16 as part of their international union’s “Reading Opens the World” initiative, which aims to give out 10 million free books. “As others ban books, we’re giving them out,” American Federation of Teachers President Randi Weingarten said during a […]
Kera Peterson: Labor-endorsed candidates have earned our support
October 20, 2022 by
It’s autumn in Minnesota, and trade unionists across our great state are taking action together every day though the Labor 2022 program. We started earlier this spring with a rigorous screening process that helped determine which candidates had done the work to earn the Minnesota AFL-CIO’s endorsement. In August, we kicked-off our grassroots member education […]
Union pipefitters help homeowners in need prep for cold weather
October 4, 2022 by
It was another successful year for Project Heat’s On, the community service initiative sponsored by local pipe trades unions and their signatory contractors.
Kera Peterson: Organizing surge shows what’s possible at the polls
August 30, 2022 by
It’s imperative that we take the same momentum driving this surge in workplace organizing and use it to mobilize union members to get to the polls.
After pandemic hiatus, Plumbers union brings back Water’s Off service day
April 25, 2022 by
Several Twin Cities homeowners received free service through local union plumbers’ annual Water’s Off service initiative last month.
IBEW 110, Rice County Habitat enter third decade of partnership
January 25, 2022 by
“It’s a skilled trade we were fortunate to learn, and we are fortunate to be able to give back,” longtime IBEW volunteer Bob Delesha said.
St. Paul unions stepped up to help feed families in our community – and beyond
May 25, 2021 by
Led by the nonprofit St. Paul Labor Studies and Resource Center, local unions helped distribute 2.5 million pounds of free food through the USDA’s Farmers to Families program, which will sunset this month.
Union Advocate 