Mayo Clinic decision strikes nerve with workers, community
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One of Minnesota’s best-known companies and major employers – Mayo Clinic – is facing criticism for its plan to subcontract food service operations to an Atlanta-based conglomerate.
Housekeepers say they were fired for voicing concerns about wage theft
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Two workers who cleaned the Minneapolis Airport Marriott hotel say they were recently fired in what appears to be illegal retaliation for speaking out about unpaid wages and working conditions.
Building Trades, Firefighters, raise alarm about contractors’ use of unsafe lumber
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Out-of-state contractors are using unsafe lumber at four large, multi-family residential developments under construction in Minneapolis, Golden Valley, St. Louis Park and Minnetonka, Building Trades and Firefighters say.
Effort to bring earned sick time to Duluth considered too slow
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The Duluth City Council has voted to create an 11-member committee to study the issue of earned sick and safe time for a year. That slow time frame has disappointed those seeking to address the lack of paid sick time for 46 percent of the area’s workers.
Unity Hospital workers take their case to the top
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Workers seeking a fair contract at Unity Hospital in Fridley took their case directly to Allina Health CEO Penny Wheeler Monday, delivering a letter to company headquarters in Minneapolis.
No deal in Allina-MNA contract talks
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Minnesota Nurses in contract talks with Allina Health were shut down from further negotiations when the employer rejected the nurses’ proposals and demanded nurses pay more for their health insurance plans, the union said.
Labor provisions in trade agreements don’t hurt business, study finds
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Labor provisions in trade agreements do not lead to a reduction or diversion of trade flows, and ease labor market access, a new study by the International Labor Organization finds.
Labor Chorus holds summer concert Tuesday
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The Twin Cities Labor Chorus plans to get loud at the library during its annual summer concert Tuesday, billed as a “night of song, solidarity and rediscovering the power of raising our voices together.”
Teachers educate – through words and action
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Trust educators to clarify the complex issues of institutionalized racism and economic justice. That’s just what happened Tuesday in downtown Minneapolis – through both words and action.
USW wins historic first contract for Twin Ports doctors
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In an historic organizing victory, medical professionals – including medical doctors – at the Lake Superior Community Health Center in Duluth, Minn., and Superior, Wis., have ratified their first contract and are now members of Steelworkers Local 9460.