Wage theft hotline launched for federal contract workers
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Truck drivers and warehouse workers employed by federal contractors at the Port of Los Angeles are striking for 48 hours to draw attention to wage theft and other violations.
AFL-CIO plans to reach 1 million voters by Election Day
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In the final weeks until Election Day, the AFL-CIO will leverage 100,000 volunteer hours to knock on 1 million doors in key battleground states.
Corporations try to thwart new overtime rule
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While the nation’s attention is riveted on politics, workers and their allies have been winning key executive branch and agency rulings. But corporations are battling workers’ advocates and the Obama administration in the courts in at least one case – expanded eligibility for overtime pay.
MCAD faculty say yes to union; Augsburg up next
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Faculty at Minneapolis College of Art and Design have voted overwhelmingly to unionize after an organizing drive sponsored by Local 284 of the Service Employees International Union.
Workers join union as Mayo Clinic pursues outsourcing plan
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A group of Mayo food service workers currently employed by Sodexo voted overwhelming Tuesday to join SEIU Healthcare Minnesota, the union representing hundreds of their colleagues.
MEA conference puts focus on training, attracting new teachers
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Minnesota’s largest professional development event for educators is back this week with a continued emphasis on helping students with special needs and a new focus on encouraging aspiring teachers to get their first jobs and stay in the profession.
Forum on TPP this Wednesday
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Learn more about the Trans Pacific Partnership – and how the TPP could affect you – at a forum Wednesday sponsored by the Minnesota Industrial Union Council.The forum will start at 7 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 19, at the CWA Local 7200 hall, 3521 E. Lake St., Minneapolis.
Small business owners slam Chamber lawsuit against sick time ordinance
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Minneapolis small business owners are speaking out against a lawsuit challenging the city’s new earned sick and safe time ordinance.
Strike is over, nurses say
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A long struggle for a new contract – marked by a weeklong hospital strike in June and another walkout that began on Labor Day – is over as nurses have ratified an agreement with Allina Health.
Low-wage workers chalk up another victory as CTUL members win union
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For the past decade, workers in fast food, retail and other low-wage industries have been pushing back against the notion they are condemned to jobs with lousy pay, no benefits and poor working conditions.