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Leaders of a variety of faiths surrounded Pastor Matt Bersagel as he called on the Minnesota House to address paid family leave legislation in the waning days of the 2016 session.“We’re asking for open hearts,” the pastor of Crown of Glory Lutheran Church in Chaska intoned. “We’re asking for action.”
This week the Untold Stories series examines the past, present and future of the Iron Range and delves into a controversial period when Minneapolis union leaders were put on trial for their political beliefs.
The Twin Cities Labor Movie Night film series presents “Blood Fruit,” a documentary of the Irish workers’ anti-apartheid strike, on Friday, May 20 at 6 p.m. at the United Labor Centre, Suite 356, 312 Central Ave., Minneapolis.
Union Bank & Trust, the only union-owned bank in Minnesota and one of a handful of union-owned banks in the nation, is celebrating its 40th anniversary.
With only a week to go in the 2016 legislative session, union leaders are urging lawmakers to get serious about passage of a bonding bill to fund important infrastructure projects.
Supporters of paid family leave for all Minnesotans will rally Tuesday at noon near the state Capitol.
Abdul Wright, who teaches eighth-grade language arts at The Best Academy in Minneapolis, is the 2016 Minnesota Teacher of the Year.
Unions and other supporters of striking workers rallied outside Verizon stores in the Twin Cities this week, part of a nationwide effort to back 39,000 Verizon workers who are on strike on the nation’s East Coast.
At a time when the nation’s largest poultry producers are enjoying record profits, workers on the processing line routinely face the unhealthy and humiliating reality of being denied adequate bathroom breaks, according to a new report by Oxfam America, based on interviews with workers in Minnesota and other states.
Take part in the National Association of Letter Carriers’ annual “Stamp Out Hunger” food drive on Saturday, May 14.