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Many arguments are being made about whether or not to raise Minnesota’s minimum wage. In a series of videos, Workday Minnesota is examining some of the myths and realities about the minimum wage.
Many arguments are being made about whether or not to raise Minnesota’s minimum wage. In a series of videos, Workday Minnesota is examining some of the myths and realities about the minimum wage. This video features Barb Johnson, a small business owner in Winthrop.
Retail janitors who work for sub-contractors cleaning Target and other stores in the Twin Cities completed a 48-hour strike against their employers recently.
Learn more about how child care workers plant seeds of hope for the next generation – and hear why they are seeking a voice on the job – in this new video.
Community groups recently joined locked-out workers in urging Target Corporation to boycott American Crystal Sugar, which locked out union employees on Aug. 1, 2011. View video of the event.
At their union’s Day on the Hill at the state Capitol in St. Paul, AFSCME members talked about the importance of growing the middle class.
The non-union workers who clean Target stores staged a one-day walkout Tuesday, starting with a rally late Monday night. View a video about their action.
Janitors and security officers represented by Service Employees International Union Local 26 and retail cleaners of CTUL (Centro de Trabajadores Unidos en Lucha/Center of Workers United in Struggle) kicked off their contract campaign with a march through Minneapolis skyways.
The people locked out by American Crystal Sugar have given decades of work and foregone numerous holidays and family events for the company. They share their views in this new video.
“That’s not the Minnesota I grew up in,” said Jean Diederich, a child support worker who joined hundreds of other Minnesotans in a vigil as lawmakers adjourned their 2011 session without a budget deal.