U of M graduate student workers to protest fees
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University of Minnesota graduate student workers and supporters will march through the Minneapolis campus Wednesday at noon to demand a reduction in student fees.
Window cleaners to picket on Wednesday and Thursday
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SEIU Local 26 is inviting other union members and supporters to join picket lines in support of locked-out window cleaners Wednesday and Thursday morning.
Employers lock out window cleaners after workers raise safety questions
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When Twin Cities window cleaners asked to see inspection reports about the safety of their work equipment, employers responded by announcing a lockout.
Landmark ‘Minnesota At Work’ program makes transition to the Web
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In 1984 a groundbreaking new television program appeared on local cable channels in the Twin Cities. Produced by the Labor Education Service in cooperation with the Minnesota AFL-CIO, “Minnesota Labor ‘84” made its debut on half-a-dozen channels on cable systems in the Twin Cities.
Nurses say they will strike if necessary
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While members of the Minnesota Nurses Association negotiate a new contract with Twin Cities hospitals, the historic strikes of 1984 and 2001 are not far from their minds.
AFSCME says changes in mental health services will prove dangerous, costly
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The Minnesota Department of Human Services released a plan this month to redesign the state’s mental health services by cutting $17 million and 200 jobs.
Policy
Legislation would provide help in accessing unemployment benefits
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Tucked away in an omnibus policy bill making its way through the Minnesota House are a series of provisions designed to make it easier for laid-off workers to access their unemployment benefits.
Hundreds of Minnesota nurses to rally Saturday
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More than 900 Minnesota nurses are expected to gather Saturday for a boisterous public rally focused on the importance of patient safety and advocacy as RNs continue contract negotiations with several Twin Cities hospital systems.
Union leaders recall 1970 postal strike
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Imagine your faithful Letter Carrier, braving “rain, snow, sleet, hail and gloom of night” – to quote the old Post Office motto – for so little pay that he, and it was almost always a “he,” could draw welfare and apply for food stamps.
Workers seek support as Murray’s Restaurant imposes new contract
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Famous as the self-declared “home of the silver butter knife steak,” Murray’s restaurant in downtown Minneapolis — long a union house — now has stabbed its employees in the back with one of those silver butter knives. And twisted it.