Workday Magazine (https://workdaymagazine.org/author/michael-moore/page/4/)
7-1 to authorize a strike last week, laundry workers at Aramark’s northeast Minneapolis facility Wednesday accepted an improved offer from their employer, roughly doubling the wage increase included in the contract.
Wellness is at the heart of what Headway Emotional Health Services workers do on the job. It’s also at the heart of their union drive, which moved a step closer to the finish line last week.
Union members say they will keep the heat on the university until its words of support for frontline workers translate into real gains at the bargaining table.
Workers at Half Price Books stores in St. Paul and Roseville marched on their bosses Thursday, demanding the bookseller recognize their union.
A resounding “union yes” vote, announced today, gives 350 psychiatric associates at M Health Fairview momentum as they look to negotiate better wages, safety protections and a voice in decisions that affect their jobs.
Old Dutch workers, members of BCTGM Local 22, gather outside the union’s offices in Minneapolis.
“This is not a bus driver shortage; this is a bus driver crisis,” Local 320 Communications Director Gus Froemke said. “People are on the edge.”
The theme of solidarity was strong throughout the virtual convention, which included many speeches and presentations on organizing and building a better world for working Minnesotans during the pandemic.
Jennifer Christensen will be retiring this month as president of South St. Paul- and Duluth-based UFCW Local 1189.
The Minnesota Building Trades has a new president.