Workers are demanding facilities for rideshare drivers and an end to the airport’s operation of deportation flights.
Minnesota Is Headed for a Workers vs. Bosses Showdown That’s 10 Years in the Making
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Labor and community organizations who have been aligning for years are escalating their fights at the same time.
Community
“We Do the Behind-the-Scenes Work”: What it Takes to Lead a Union of Clerical Workers
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A conversation with the former president of the clerical workers union at the University of Minnesota.
Community
State Building Trades convention asks Governor Walz to call special session to pass bonding bill, complete unfinished business of 2022 legislature
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The convention saw remarks from Governor Walz, MN Attorney General Keith Ellison, and passed 14 resolutions, including a call for a special session to pass a $1.4 billion bonding bill.
Commentary
Blood, “Sweat” and tears: The Guthrie Theater’s take on the human cost of the economy
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The Twin Cities’ Guthrie Theater is producing a run of the Pulitzer Prize-winning drama about the lost dreams of workers in one of the poorest towns in the US.
Community
Transition and transformation at the Labor Education Service
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The last two years have been some of the most difficult and transformative in the Labor Education Service’s 71-year existence.
Community
Women Building Success celebrates tradeswomen at awards ceremony
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Union tradeswomen and labor leaders gathered June 1 in White Bear Lake for the Women Building Success Awards
Community
Unions honor fallen tradespeople on Workers Memorial Day
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The annual day of reflection is also the anniversary of the creation of the federal Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) in 1971.
Community
Local labor movement’s solidarity vital for MFT
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MFT’S strike fund continues to seek contributions
Commentary
How to Aid Seniors Who Need Help Paying Rent
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As the fastest growing segment of the homeless population, according to a recent Wilder Foundation report, low-income seniors do need a lot of help, and now.
Community
Why are Starbucks baristas unionizing?
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Workers at three local Starbucks stores have announced efforts to organize unions and file for elections.