Workers are demanding facilities for rideshare drivers and an end to the airport’s operation of deportation flights.
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Audio-Visual Crew for the Timberwolves and Lynx Set to Vote for a Union, a Decade in the Making
Minneapolis City Council Approves Labor Standards Board as Mayor Weighs Support
Minnesota Is Headed for a Workers vs. Bosses Showdown That’s 10 Years in the Making
“We Won’t Let Them Destroy Us”: Nurses at Illinois Hospital Strike Over Thanksgiving Week
International
Biden Says There’s No Blockade. Tell That to Yemenis Who Need Medical Care.
There are just three flights leaving Sana’a every week. But Yemen has an estimated 71,000 cancer patients who need out-of-country care.
International
As Afghans Suffer, U.S. Stalls on Plan to Return Central Bank Funds
In September, the U.S. created a foundation that was supposed to unfreeze Afghanistan’s foreign assets. Yet, interviews with trustees reveal that, in three months, no funds have been disbursed—or concrete plans made—to help the Afghan people.
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Rail Workers Reject Contract Recommendations, Say They’re Ready to Strike
Railroad unions continue their slow creep along the path to a settlement—or strike—in contract negotiations covering 115,000 workers. On August 16, the Presidential Emergency Board convened by President Biden issued its recommendations for a settlement. Many rail workers say they fall short and are prepared to strike to win more. The PEB recommended 22 percent raises over the course of the five-year contract (dating back to 2020), which would be the highest wage increases rail unions have seen in decades. But they are offset by increases in health care costs—and come in the midst of high inflation.
Hospital nurses in Twin Cities, Duluth vote to authorize strike
On August 15, facing multiple public health crises, 15,000 nurses voted to authorize a strike in the Twin Cities and Duluth areas.
Community
Transition and transformation at the Labor Education Service
The last two years have been some of the most difficult and transformative in the Labor Education Service’s 71-year existence.
A First Contract for Mexican GM Plant’s Independent Union
SINTTIA, the independent union that ousted an employer-friendly union at a GM plant in central Mexico, won its first contract in May.
Government
Unions decry Supreme Court ruling, urge action to protect abortion access
Several union leaders in Minnesota remain committed to protecting working people’s right to and access to abortion.
Elections
Union election begins for over 400 Planned Parenthood workers
Following the Supreme Court’s overturning of Roe v. Wade, hundreds of workers at Planned Parenthood begin voting for their union election.
News
New program seeks to end wage theft and abuse in the local construction industry
People hear of good wages in the construction industry, but the reality can be different for those who have nonunion jobs or work for corrupt contractors.
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Blaze Pizza workers win back stolen wages
Workers at Blaze Pizza celebrate their wage theft settlement and worker power after learning their rights and activating a system to enforce those rights.