Workday Magazine (https://workdaymagazine.org/2015/01/)
For many of the 1,800 Delta flight attendants based at Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport, the upcoming vote to form a union is about more than wages, benefits and work rules.
Registration is open for the 2015 Minnesota Union Women’s Retreat sponsored by the University of Minnesota Labor Education Service.
Governor Mark Dayton’s state budget proposal is drawing positive response from the union representing educators. His $42 billion, two-year budget proposal, released Tuesday, is heavily focused on Minnesota’s youngest residents.
Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport workers employed by Air Serv won a victory this week when the company agreed to provide them with paper copies of their paycheck stubs.
Union density was 11.1 percent in 2014, the Bureau of Labor Statistics reported, down 0.2 percent from the year before. Unions added 48,000 members last year, but the workforce grew even more.
The RyKrisp production plant in southeast Minneapolis, which has operated since 1926, will close March 16. Fifteen veteran employees will lose their jobs.
Randy Croce, who directs the Who Built Our Capitol? project, will be featured on Minnesota Public Radio Monday, Jan. 26. He also will speak Jan. 27 as part of the History Lounge series sponsored by the Minnesota Historical Society.
Most meatpacking workers and some employers are unaware of a 2007 Minnesota law that spells out rights on the job, a legislative audit has found. The findings illustrate the need for stronger measures to protect worker safety and public health, the UFCW said.
With the exception of his stance on trade, Obama put forward a strong pro-worker agenda in his State of the Union Address, AFL-CIO leaders said.
From fast food to education, retail and transportation, the efforts to improve workplaces depend on building effective political and community coalitions, a panel told students in the Minnesota Union Leadership Program.