Northwest Airlines workers to protest corporate greed
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Northwest Airlines workers and supporters will rally Wednesday at the state Capitol to protest corporate greed and excessive management compensation at the Minnesota-based carrier.
New hospital contracts protect nurses’ right to unionize
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Registered nurses approved contracts with 13 Twin Cities hospitals including important provisions to protect their right to a union.
Local 99 approves deal to protect wages in library merger
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City of Minneapolis library workers ratified an agreement Wednesday to protect their wages and pensions under the proposed merger of the Hennepin County and City of Minneapolis libraries.
RNs vote this week on contracts with Twin Cities hospitals
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More than 10,000 registered nurses, represented by the Minnesota Nurses Association, vote on contracts this week with Twin Cities hospitals.
Nurses reach tentative agreement with Allina hospitals
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The Minnesota Nurses Association and Allina hospitals have reached a tentative contract settlement, but negotiations continue with six other facilities.
Rexam workers vote Saturday on settlement
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Steelworkers in St. Paul and eight other cities will vote Saturday on a tentative agreement with Rexam Beverage Can North America. If approved, the pact would end a three-week strike.
Rexam Beverage workers walk out
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The 90 members of United Steelworkers Local 7796 employed by Rexam Beverage Can in St. Paul have joined 800 of their union brothers and sisters nationwide in a strike against the company for unfair labor practices.
Crookston, Duluth faculty reject contract offer
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Faculty members at the University of Minnesota\’s Duluth and Crookston campuses have voted to reject a contract offer.
Star-Tribune threatens to outsource design jobs to India
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One year after a group of 30 graphic design workers at the Star Tribune voted to organize, the workers still don\’t have a first contract — and now the newspaper is threatening to outsource 25 of the jobs to India.
California groceries threaten another lockout
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Some 65,000 unionized grocery workers at Southern California\’s three big chains may be pardoned if they have a sense of, as Yogi Berra once put it, "Déjà vu all over again." That\’s because their employers are threatening to lock them out — all over again.