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When a company forces a worker into mandatory arbitration of everything from unsafe working conditions to unpaid overtime, does that trump the worker’s rights under federal labor law? And how about a group of workers? The Supreme Court wrestled with those issues on their opening day.
Taking office as President in 1963 after the assassination of John F. Kennedy, Lyndon B. Johnson would push — and some say, be pushed — to enact sweeping civil rights legislation. That’s the dramatic story in the regional premiere of “All the Way,” which will run Oct. 7-29 at History Theatre, 310 E. 10th St., St. Paul.
The Minneapolis-based worker center CTUL will hold a 10th anniversary gala Friday, Oct. 6, at its center for worker and community organizing.
More than 100 low-income, elderly and disabled homeowners in Minnesota received free furnace repairs and inspections Saturday, thanks to union pipefitters and their contractors.
After Sunday’s mass shooting in Las Vegas, in which 59 people were killed and more than 500 wounded, working families and their allies are responding to help those in need.
The U.S. Supreme Court will decide two cases with potentially devastating effects on workers. One would deprive workers of the right to sue employers who steal their wages. The other would undermine the power of workers to bargain collectively through unions.
A new documentary film now screening in the Twin Cities, “Dolores,” tells the too-little-known story of Dolores Huerta, one of the key organizers of the United Farm Workers union in the 1960s along with Cesar Chavez.
As the extent of the damage caused by Hurricane Maria becomes clear, Minnesotans are being urged to support relief efforts in Puerto Rico, which took the brunt of the storm.
St. Paul will join Minneapolis in requiring employers to pay workers at least $15 an hour, if advocates who gathered at City Hall Tuesday succeed in their campaign to raise the minimum wage.
More unions are endorsing single-payer government-run health care, a sign the issue resonates with leaders – and with predominantly Democratic voters among unionists.