Workday Magazine (https://workdaymagazine.org/author/filiberto/page/32/)
With a new labor-friendly DFL majority in the Minnesota House of Representatives Minnesota’s unions and legislative allies are looking to the 2019 session of the Minnesota legislature as a chance to make progress on key issues for working families.
The Economic Policy Institute (EPI) estimates that on January 1, 2019, 5.3 million low wage workers in 20 states will enjoy a raise in their minimum wage.
Many are reporting that membership is holding steady, or even increasing. That’s thanks in large part to protective measures enacted in blue states, as well as proactive membership organizing by unions themselves.
On Saturday, November 17th as part of the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers’ (IBEW) 2018 International Day of Service, members of the IBEW Minority Caucus chose two sites in the Twin Cities
In St. Cloud, Central Minnesota Building Trades Members volunteered to load cars for Catholic Charities ‘Share the Spirit’ program.
A Trump administration plan could mean reduced service and higher postage for at least half of all ZIP codes.
According to the Department of Labor and Industry, a total of 101 fatal work-injuries were recorded in Minnesota in 2017.
Construction workers called on Lennar Homes and other developers to end labor trafficking, child labor, and other abuses endemic in the construction industry.
As the holiday package rush heats workers rallied last Friday to draw attention to failed negotiations on critical issues.
Last month the East Side Freedom Library in St. Paul brought together a panel of local women fighting for change through the collective bargaining process.