Workday Magazine (https://workdaymagazine.org/2008/11/)
The Starbucks Workers Union picketed the Mall of America on Black Friday to draw attention to the plight of the nation\’s retail workers on the busiest shopping day of the year.
When shopping this holiday season, consider patronizing union and union-friendly businesses that offer quality products and services while also providing family-supporting jobs.
The Emergency Food Program administered by Working Partnerships seeks additional cash donations to help union families in need.
The Transit Partners Coalition, which helped pass Minnesota’s transportation bill last spring, and the progressive movement of Rochester, Minn., will be honored at the TakeAction Minnesota Progressive Leadership Awards Dinner Saturday, Dec. 6.
Amber Prentice, an English Language Learners teacher at Battle Creek Middle School, wanted to understand the culture shock many of her students experience when they move to St. Paul from places like Somalia and Ethiopia.
Members of SEIU Healthcare Minnesota are engaged in a two-day strike against Regina Medical Center in Hastings.
Minnesota\’s labor media have won 13 awards in the annual competition sponsored by the International Labor Communications Association.
One Sunday night in the fall of 1933, a handful of disgruntled newsmen from Twin Cities\’ newspapers gathered at the Curtis Hotel in downtown Minneapolis to "do something about the long hours, salary cuts and the quick dismissals that the stock market crash of 1929 trailed in its wake."
Workers at the American Red Cross are enlisting the help of blood donors and other supporters to keep up the pressure for a fair contract.
City of Duluth workers held a "We want to work" protest Monday, when Mayor Don Ness shut down city services for a day.