St. Paul teachers ratify contract
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St. Paul public school teachers ratified a two-year contract Dec. 15 that provides pay raises of at least 5 percent, expands family leave, and offsets about two-thirds of increased health-insurance costs.
Picketing continues at Rum River Lumber
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Eight months after their strike began, a committed group of Teamsters continues their walkout at Rum River Lumber.
SEIU launches quality health care campaign
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Every day in Twin Cities hospitals, members of Service Employees International Union Local 113 provide critical care to thousands of patients. With the launch of a new campaign Wednesday, they hope to become a force for change in the entire health care system.
Northwest unions say they won’t be picked apart anymore
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Union leaders at Northwest Airlines pledged Wednesday to stick together as never before to save jobs and fight the airline’s strategy of using bankruptcy as an excuse to outsource thousands of workers.
NWA unions to rally ‘to protect our jobs’
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Unions at Northwest Airlines will hold a “Rally to Protect Our Jobs” Wednesday, Dec. 7.
Employees of Anoka-Hennepin schools stand together for fair contracts
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Representatives of five employee groups at the Anoka-Hennepin
School District stood together in an informational picket Monday night outside
the Anoka-Hennepin school board meeting, bearing signs insisting on “Fair
Settlements for ALL Employees.”
University unions get offer they can recommend
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Four AFSCME locals reached tentative contract agreements with the University of Minnesota Nov. 23, nine days after negotiators rejected what the university had called its “final offer.”
Judge orders MAC to renew picket permit
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In response to a lawsuit by striking airline mechanics, a Hennepin County judge on Nov. 23 ordered the Metropolitan Airports Commission to restore a permit it had revoked for picketing at a prominent location outside Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport.
Tentative agreement at Minnesota Beef Industries
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Workers represented by United Food & Commercial Workers Local 789 will have their first union contract if they ratify a tentative agreement reached with management at Minnesota Beef Industries.
Bankruptcy ruling takes NWA workers back to 1989 wages
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A federal bankruptcy judge imposed a 19 percent pay cut on Northwest Airlines’ ground workers Wednesday, in essence slashing their wages to 1989 levels.