Anti-worker ‘insanity’ could happen here, Iowa leader warns
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Danny Homan says he’d give up his right arm to not have to tell AFSCME Council 5 members the story he was about to tell.
Allina nurses seek mediator to settle unresolved strike issues
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One year after their strike ended, nurses represented by the Minnesota Nurses Association have taken formal steps to redress ongoing staffing issues at Allina Health hospitals in the Twin Cities, which were mutually agreed to in the 2016 contract agreement.
St. Paul school workers may strike for $15 minimum wage
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Nutrition Services workers in the St. Paul School District – the lowest paid employees in the district – have voted to authorize a strike if wages aren’t raised in contract negotiations. Their fight adds new urgency to the campaign for a $15 minimum wage in the City of St. Paul.
Nurses on the ground warn of dire conditions in Puerto Rico
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Registered nurse volunteers on the ground in Puerto Rico are warning that dire conditions – and a glacially slow federal relief effort – are threatening a growing health calamity for millions of residents, according to reports compiled by National Nurses United.
AFSCME volunteers aid Duluth women’s shelter
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Members of AFSCME – the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees – delivered vans full of donations to Duluth’s Safe Haven Shelter and Resource Center as part of the union’s annual convention.
Minnesota Letter Carrier recognized as humanitarian
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Letter Carrier Deborah Ochetti of Burnsville has received the National Association of Letter Carriers’ award as Humanitarian of the Year. She was honored Oct. 4 along with several Letter Carriers from across the nation who were cited as heroes.
Legislative subcommittee recommends rejection of state contracts
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The Legislature’s Subcommittee on Employee Relations denied interim implementation of MAPE’s and AFSCME’s 2017-19 proposed contracts at a hearing Thursday at the State Office Building in St. Paul.
Governor candidates speak at AFSCME forum
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Six DFL candidates for governor all vowed Friday to support union rights, public pensions and make sure everybody gets a fair shake at the AFSCME Council 5 convention.
U of M faculty announce new direction for organizing campaign
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Minnesota Academics United will not pursue an appeal of the state Court of Appeals ruling to divide non-tenure-track and term/tenure-track faculty at the University of Minnesota into separate bargaining units. Instead, the group is pulling the union election for faculty and “moving forward as one united faculty by forming a workers’ association.”
AFSCME to host gubernatorial forum at convention
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All six Democratic Farmer Labor party candidates for governor will make their case Friday during a forum at the annual AFSCME Council 5 convention in Duluth. Anyone can view the event on a live stream at theuptake.org