Window cleaners to picket on Wednesday and Thursday
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SEIU Local 26 is inviting other union members and supporters to join picket lines in support of locked-out window cleaners Wednesday and Thursday morning.
Nurses say they will strike if necessary
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While members of the Minnesota Nurses Association negotiate a new contract with Twin Cities hospitals, the historic strikes of 1984 and 2001 are not far from their minds.
Workers seek support as Murray’s Restaurant imposes new contract
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Famous as the self-declared “home of the silver butter knife steak,” Murray’s restaurant in downtown Minneapolis — long a union house — now has stabbed its employees in the back with one of those silver butter knives. And twisted it.
Hundreds of Minnesota nurses to rally Saturday
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More than 900 Minnesota nurses are expected to gather Saturday for a boisterous public rally focused on the importance of patient safety and advocacy as RNs continue contract negotiations with several Twin Cities hospital systems.
More than 12,000 Minnesota nurses begin contract negotiations
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Saying their 12,000 members are committed to standing united in the coming months, Minnesota nurses formally began labor contract negotiations with six Twin Cities hospital systems on Tuesday.
Duluth city workers avert strike
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City of Duluth workers in Local 66 vote Wednesday on a tentative agreement reached after a 19-hour bargaining session with mediators. The negotiating committee is unanimously recommending ratification.
Janitors ratify new contract
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Twin Cities janitors voted unanimously March 6 to approve a new three-year contract with area cleaning contractors, winning important gains in pay and health benefits and beginning a transition to full-time green jobs.
Duluth city workers authorize strike
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City of Duluth members in Local 66 soundly rejected a city contract proposal Tuesday and authorized their negotiating team to call a strike.
Workers ratify contract at Honeywell
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Honeywell workers represented by Teamsters Local 1145 have ratified a new three-year contract.
Janitors disrupt bankers’ meeting, escalate contract campaign
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In their quest for a fair contract, Twin Cities janitors filled Minneapolis skyways Monday and disrupted a meeting of banking lobbyists in St. Paul Tuesday. With video.