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Two workers who cleaned the Minneapolis Airport Marriott hotel say they were recently fired in what appears to be illegal retaliation for speaking out about unpaid wages and working conditions.
Out-of-state contractors are using unsafe lumber at four large, multi-family residential developments under construction in Minneapolis, Golden Valley, St. Louis Park and Minnetonka, Building Trades and Firefighters say.
The Duluth City Council has voted to create an 11-member committee to study the issue of earned sick and safe time for a year. That slow time frame has disappointed those seeking to address the lack of paid sick time for 46 percent of the area’s workers.
Workers seeking a fair contract at Unity Hospital in Fridley took their case directly to Allina Health CEO Penny Wheeler Monday, delivering a letter to company headquarters in Minneapolis.
Minnesota Nurses in contract talks with Allina Health were shut down from further negotiations when the employer rejected the nurses’ proposals and demanded nurses pay more for their health insurance plans, the union said.
Labor provisions in trade agreements do not lead to a reduction or diversion of trade flows, and ease labor market access, a new study by the International Labor Organization finds.
The Twin Cities Labor Chorus plans to get loud at the library during its annual summer concert Tuesday, billed as a “night of song, solidarity and rediscovering the power of raising our voices together.”
Trust educators to clarify the complex issues of institutionalized racism and economic justice. That’s just what happened Tuesday in downtown Minneapolis – through both words and action.
In an historic organizing victory, medical professionals – including medical doctors – at the Lake Superior Community Health Center in Duluth, Minn., and Superior, Wis., have ratified their first contract and are now members of Steelworkers Local 9460.
More than 3,000 delegates convened Monday at the Minneapolis Convention Center to celebrate 100 years of the American Federation of Teachers – and lay out a vision for the future of the 1.6-million-member union.