Community
Leadership changes, but Trades’ focus remains on building careers, communities
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The Minnesota Building Trades has a new president.
Community
Birchwood Cafe Reopens a Month after Owner Fires Majority of Staff
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Former employees of Birchwood Cafe hope that working conditions will improve for staff, and ask for recognition.
Community
May Day in Minneapolis
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May Day, or International Workers’ Day, is a day to celebrate workers across the globe.
Policy
St. Paul’s minimum wage will increase July 1. Here’s how one local restaurant is adapting
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“As a business owner I can make this (minimum-wage increase) work,” Peterson said of his response at the time. “This can be done. You can have a successful business and pay your people well and still make a profit.”
Community
A Film Stimulus Bill for Minnesota
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If the bill is passed, it is poised to potentially bring millions yearly into the state’s economy from producers that would begin using the incentive to produce the backlog of on hold productions.
Community
Union family sticking together as Marathon lockout drags on
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Outraged and unreserved, Christner, Marlatt and dozens of other family members and friends took over the Teamsters Local 120 picket line outside the refinery March 11, showing the depth of community support behind nearly 200 union members who have been locked out by Marathon since Jan. 22.
Community
St. Paul Park refinery picks fight with Building Trades unions, too
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“Marathon has been going down this pathway for a long time,” Don Mullin, executive secretary of the St. Paul Building and Construction Trades Council, said. “They’ve been taking on efforts to be anti-organized labor because that’s the way they do it in other states.”
Community
Job security for women of color is a different kind of pandemic
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New data shows job security has been exacerbated by the pandemic, and the problem could continue.
#GeorgeFloyd
Protestors Assemble as the Trial of Former Officer Derek Chauvin Begins
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Demonstrators took to the streets of Downtown Minneapolis to demand justice for the murder of George Floyd. The protestors were matched by a foreboding and undeniable presence of military equipment and various levels of barricades.
Community
Fair State, Schell’s brew together to celebrate solidarity
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Minnesota’s oldest and newest union breweries have teamed up to craft a beer celebrating solidarity in the workplace.