Workday Magazine (https://workdaymagazine.org/author/jsee/page/2/)
A newly-installed mural at the Workers Memorial Garden located on the State Capitol grounds will be dedicated Memorial Day. Former Vice President Walter Mondale will be among the featured speakers.
In contract negotiations with Allina, union nurses are standing together to defend their health insurance. And outside the health care provider’s Minneapolis headquarters on May 18th, the community showed it’s standing with nurses.
Members of the Building Trades paused on Thursday, April 28 in St. Paul to honor members of their unions who died as a result of work-related injuries or illnesses in the previous year.
The Twin Cities Labor Chorus sang in San Francisco over Martin Luther King weekend, at the Western Workers Labor Heritage Festival.
As Hillary Clinton, Bernie Sanders and other presidential hopefuls wooed party leaders in Minneapolis during the Democratic National Committee meetings, retiree groups mobilized inside and outside the event, looking to push their concerns to the forefront of the 2016 campaign.
Four janitors with 8 years of experience cleaning car dealerships in Wayzata were fired June 9, the same day they joined a Twin Cities-wide strike for better wages and working conditions.
As expected, President Barack Obama vetoed a GOP-authored bill that killed streamlined union recognition election rules issued by the National Labor Relations Board. And he did so on March 31 with a ringing endorsement of unions.
The U.S. unemployment rate stayed at 5.5 percent in March, the Bureau of Labor Statistics announced. Businesses claimed to create a net of 126,000 jobs.
Anyone can save up to 40 percent on groceries by purchasing a $20 food package from Fare For All Express.
Fast food workers in the Twin Cities today announced plans for their third strike in the last seven months, an indication support is growing for their fight to win wages of $15 per hour.