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In response to a lawsuit, two members of Congress have introduced legislation to exempt the minor leagues from the Fair Labor Standards Act, the federal minimum wage and overtime pay law.
The Executive Board of United Food & Commercial Workers Local 1189, meeting June 29, elected Jennifer Christensen to serve out the remainder of retired President Don Seaquist’s term.
The U.S. Supreme Court’s deadlock on President Barack Obama’s immigration plan also harms all workers’ rights, a top Economic Policy Institute analyst says.
With the delivery of petitions Wednesday to put a $15 minimum wage on the ballot in Minneapolis, organizers kicked off a several week campaign to win support for the measure.
Nurses who recently struck five Allina Health facilities say the company is attempting to negotiate a new contract directly with members and through the news media – rather than following the collective bargaining process.
Activists will deliver a petition to Minneapolis City Hall Wednesday with signatures from about 20,000 registered voters who support amending the city’s charter to guarantee workers a $15 minimum wage.
The Minnesota Orchestra and Minneapolis Pops Orchestra, whose members belong to the Twin Cities Musicians Union, are presenting free concerts in the next few weeks.
Nurses ended their weeklong strike at five Twin Cities Allina Health facilities on Sunday, but no resolution is in sight in contract negotiations that began last February.
Heat and Frost Insulators Local 34, supported by other Building Trades unions, began an informational picket at Bayview and Southview elementary schools in Waconia Thursday.
To the Kaiser family, the issues behind the Minnesota Nurses Association strike at Allina Health and SEIU contract negotiations with the company aren’t difficult to understand. They are living them.