CWA members keep up heat for fair contract
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The Communications Workers of America continue to rally and wear their red t-shirts and buttons to work as negotiations progress slowly between the union and AT&T.
HCMC workers tell the stories behind the layoffs
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Workers at Hennepin County Medical Center are speaking out about the effects of some 200 layoffs at the downtown Minneapolis hospital and clinic.
Marlon Gaston: Honored employee, union steward
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For two decades, Hennepin County Medical Center environmental services worker Marlon Gaston has been making the hospital clean and safe for patients. Gaston, a Local 977 steward, is nearing retirement, and AFSCME believes he’s being discriminated against due to his age and union activity. This is his story.
Workers at New Flyer concerned about overtime, safety
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Workers at New Flyer Industries, concerned about issues such as mandatory overtime and safety on the job, are rallying and mobilizing in advance of Friday’s expiration of their union contract.
Public employees urge safe staffing, adequate funding
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More than 1,200 members of AFSCME Council 5, the largest union of state employees, participated in the annual Day on the Hill at the Minnesota Legislature Tuesday.
Shipping season opens, puts many to work
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About 225,000 workers, most of them union members around the Great Lakes, are back to earning good pay checks as the commercial shipping season opened in the Twin Ports March 22.
Contract at St. Paul Federal Credit Union raises the bar
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Perhaps it’s a sign of the times, but it’s newsworthy when an employer and a union reach a contract settlement that addresses each party’s needs with a minimum of wrangling.
Volunteer plumbers help homeowners save water, money
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Volunteer plumbers fanned out across the Twin Cities, Mankato and Rochester Saturday for the annual “Water’s Off” program sponsored by trade unions and union contractor associations. They provided repairs to the homes of more than 100 low-income seniors and homeowners with disabilities.
Nursing home managers, workers sent message about health care bill
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When Republican leaders in Congress decided to pull their controversial American Health Care Act on Friday, it was after they had heard from scores of nursing home managers and workers in towns like Balaton, Minnesota.
Minnesota nursing home managers, workers oppose health care bill
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The health care bill being rushed through the U.S. Congress could cause “an unimaginable amount of harm” to nursing home residents and communities in Greater Minnesota, administrators and workers said Friday.