Government
Public employees to hold end-of-session vigil
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Hundreds of public workers will fill the State Capitol Monday night for an end-of-session vigil to tell legislators “Don’t go home without a fair budget. We want to work for Minnesota.”
Community
Minnesotan authors new book on reviving the strike
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Join a book release party and discussion Saturday, May 21, with Joe Burns, author of Reviving the Strike–How Working People Can Regain Power and Transform America.
Policy
‘Worker Dignity’ bill would raise people out of poverty
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While many proposals at the state Capitol would undermine wages, attack pensions and put more people on the unemployment line, the “Worker Dignity” bill would raise incomes for many people.
Community
Retail cleaning workers to launch hunger strike
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Workers who clean Twin Cities grocery stores plan to begin a hunger strike this weekend to compell management to meet and address their concerns.
Government
Workers to watch lawmakers in final days of session
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As the 2011 legislative session draws to a close, the Minnesota AFL-CIO is organizing union members and other workers to keep an eye on lawmakers.
Women’s Leadership Retreat builds solidarity amid economic challenges
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More than 100 women, most of them union members, gathered in late April for the second Minnesota Union Women’s Leadership Retreat sponsored by the University of Minnesota Labor Education Service.
Policy
Tears shed at the Capitol – but does anyone care?
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Gretchen Gubbins is about to run out of unemployment benefits and doesn’t know how she will live.
Policy
Changes in prevailing wage would mean pay cuts for Minnesota workers
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Members of Minnesota’s Building Trades unions packed committee hearings at the Capitol, registering their opposition to bills moving through both the House and Senate that would weaken the state’s prevailing wage laws.
Health care workers express outrage with legislators’ funding plan
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Health care workers say legislators’ plan to cut $1.8 billion from health and human services programs would be “disastrous for patients, seniors and the disabled.”
With “grade-in,” St. Paul teachers keep an eye on lawmakers’ progress at Capitol
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As Minnesota lawmakers met this week to begin ironing out differences between the House and Senate K-12 education bills, two dozen St. Paul teachers staged a “grade-in” at the Capitol, letting legislators know they, too, will be evaluated on the basis of their work.