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Twin Cities workers will join in a nationwide strike Thursday, April 14, in the fast food industry to demand a $15 minimum wage, paid sick days and a voice in the workplace.Organizers are buoyed by recent wins in California and New York.
“Worker Rights and Wrongs” is the theme of the 2016 Untold Stories series of labor history programs sponsored by The Friends of the Saint Paul Public Library.
Organizations looking for ways to cultivate new leaders – or seeking to build the skills of existing leaders – may benefit from the Minnesota Union Leadership Program offered by the University of Minnesota Labor Education Service.
Pushed by organized labor, community groups and Fight for 15 activists, New York lawmakers raised the state’s minimum wage to $15 an hour by the end of 2018.
Workers at United Pioneer Home, a long-term care facility in Luck, Wis., have ratified their first union contract, United Food & Commercial Workers Local 1189 announced.
Workers at the Wedge voted Tuesday to ratify their first union contract, making the Minneapolis grocer the state’s first unionized co-op.
Legislation to install a plaque honoring the workers who built the state Capitol advanced Wednesday in a Senate committee, thanks to the effort of students from the Owatonna school district.
No one knows more about public services in Minnesota than the workers who deliver them, and state lawmakers had access to an abundance of wisdom Tuesday during AFSCME Council 5’s annual lobbying blitz.
A small investment by state lawmakers today could move passenger rail between the Twin Cities and Duluth closer to reality – and strengthen Minnesota’s entire transportation system, unions and other supporters say.
More than 100 Girl Scouts learned about carpentry and construction careers at workshops hosted by the North Central States Regional Council of Carpenters on Saturday.