Workday Magazine (https://workdaymagazine.org/2017/04/)
One worker after another, they described how employers failed to pay them for work they performed. They included a truck driver, a home health care worker, a retail cleaner and a school worker. All spoke at a roundtable Wednesday hosted by the University of Minnesota Labor Education Service and moderated by Lieutenant Governor Tina Smith.
Each year on April 28, Workers Memorial Day, working people throughout the world remember those who were hurt or killed on the job and renew our struggle for safe workplaces. Here in Minnesota, there are observances across the state all week.
Members of CTUL, Centro de Trabajadores Unidos en Lucha/Center of Workers United in Struggle; and Cosecha announced actions on May 1 that will include a strike.
Legislation to prohibit local communities from enacting labor policies like a $15 per hour minimum wage and earned sick time has passed both the Minnesota House and Minnesota Senate.
Workers and community leaders will join Lieutenant Governor Tina Smith Wednesday, April 26, for a roundtable and public discussion on “The Crisis of Wage Theft in Minnesota.”
In celebration of labor history month each May, the Untold Stories series presents programs and talks on both local and national topics. This year’s theme is “A World in Turmoil: 1917-2017.” Events start April 26 and are free and open to the public.
Anticipating negotiations with a school district that seems perpetually short on resources, St. Paul teachers launched their contract campaign Tuesday – Tax Day – by calling on the city’s wealthiest corporations to pay their fair share toward local public schools.
Transit riders and operators rallied at the Capitol light rail station in St. Paul, looking to derail House Republicans’ plan to cut funding for bus, rail and Metro Mobility services by $122 million over the next two years.
Workers at Albert Lea Medical Center, still waiting for a fair contract, went to court to pursue unfair labor practice charges against Mayo Clinic.
From fighting unfair free trade deals to standing up to politicians and corporations who are destroying workers’ rights in the United States and Canada, the United Steelworkers spent their 2017 convention emphasizing unity and solidarity.