Workday Magazine (https://workdaymagazine.org/2001/05/page/2/)
Only about half the male workers in Minnesota earn a wage that allows them to provide even a basic, “no frills” standard of living for the traditional family of four, according to a new report by JOBS NOW Coalition. Only about one in three female workers in the state earns enough to support herself and one child.
With the simple, direct message of ‘You Are Worth More,’ United Food and Commercial Workers Local 789 has begun recruiting cashiers, stock clerks and other employees at Twin Cities big-box retailers such as Target and Wal-mart.
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A hotel maid, secretaries and an unemployed worker were among those who shared the spotlight with author Barbara Ehrenreich at a program about the difficulties facing low-wage workers.
Members of Hotel Employees & Restaurant Employees Local 99 will hold a solidarity rally Thursday, May 24, to support workers beginning contract negotiations at the Radisson Hotel.
Local labor leaders say they are hopeful, if uncertain, in the wake of new directives from the national AFL-CIO that allow them to “work informally and cooperatively” with Carpenters locals and affiliates, despite the Carpenters’ disaffiliation on the national level.
Barbara Ehrenreich, author of a new book on trying to live on a low-paying job, and Minnesota workers who face this daily struggle discuss their experiences Tuesday, May 22, at 2:30 p.m. at the St. Paul Labor Centre, 411 Main St.
Nurses at 12 of 13 Twin Cities hospitals voted Thursday to reject a contract offer and authorize a strike.
This year’s Midwest School for Women Workers, entitled, ‘From Sweatshops to Solidarity: Leave No Sister Behind!’ brings together organized women from across the Midwest.
Sixty-four Benton County social service workers have approved their first contract, ending a two-week strike. The vote means a rally that had been scheduled for May 18 is cancelled.