U.S. Workers Are Standing Up for Their Rights. A New Law Would Back Them Up.
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The Pro Act would make it easier to from unions and force employers to pay a price for violating workers rights.
Organizing
‘We are Doing This for Our Residents’
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Nursing home workers at Guardian Angels (link is external)in Elk River finished a two-day Unfair Labor Practice (ULP) strike this morning.
Immigration
Unions and Immigrant Workers Claim Workplace Abuse at Digi-Key Expansion Project
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Construction unions and nonunion immigrant workers asserted their collective power Wednesday morning in Thief River Falls to protest wage theft, exploitation, and labor trafficking
Mother/Daughter 49er Duo
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Amidst the mountains of concrete piled high in the southbound lanes and the heavy equipment, the mother/daughter duo will be working as operating engineers and members of IUOE Local 49.
Dozens of MSP Airport Workers Losing their Jobs
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Workers with hundreds of combined years of experience at MSP are losing their jobs as the airport commission allows a new subcontractor to lay off workers.
American Airlines Mechanics Are Threatening the “Bloodiest, Ugliest Battle” in Labor History
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The statement comes just one day after the airline sued its union workers, claiming that they had engaged in an illegal work slowdown to strengthen their hand at the bargaining table.
Continuing Campaign to Win Union Support, Sanders to Rollout Plan for Workers to Own Individual Plants
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Continuing his campaign to win widespread union support Sen. Bernie Sanders will propose workers take ownership of individual plants and businesses, out of the hands of the bosses and financiers who back them.
Picket Over Dangerous Working Conditions at Anoka Metro Regional Treatment Center
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MNA, AFSCME, and MAPE members are picketed outside Anoka Metro Regional Treatment Center yesterday to shine a spotlight on safety concerns after a nurse was violently attacked recently.
A Tumultuous Week for Chattanooga Volkswagen Workers
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In a week of frenzied developments in the organizing drive at the Volkswagen plant in Chattanooga, Tennessee, the National Labor Relations Board tossed out the union’s election petition, the Auto Workers (UAW) immediately refiled it, and the company announced it is removing the plant’s unpopular CEO.
Wage Theft
In Minnesota, Wage Theft Will be a Felony
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The new wage theft provisions are a resounding victory for the worker advocacy organizations who led the fight to hold employers accountable.