Workday Magazine (https://workdaymagazine.org/category/policy/page/13/)
Citing the thousands of jobs that will be created, state labor leaders expressed relief and excitement that a deal has been reached to build a new stadium for the Minnesota Vikings football team.
The latest Job Vacancy Survey from the Minnesota Department of Employment and Economic Development shows that 161,000 unemployed Minnesotans are competing for 50,000 unfilled jobs.
Organized labor and its allies lauded Democratic President Barack Obama’s demand for corporate tax reform, but called his plan too weak.
University of Minnesota Professor Aaron Sojourner, an economist and faculty in the Center for Human Resources & Labor Studies, wrote a commentary in the Feb. 19th Star Tribune challenging the claims of those who would like to make Minnesota a "right to work" state.
Speaking to hundreds of progressive activists in St. Paul on Saturday, the highest-ranking officer of the Communications Workers of America outlined an aggressive vision for building “a grassroots movement for democracy like we’ve never seen in this country.”
More than 300 Minnesotans gathered at the state Capitol and at Wells Fargo Place in downtown St. Paul Thursday to raise their voices in opposition to the proposed photo ID amendment.
In a perfect world, Mike Adair would have plenty of time to join the Occupy Wall Street protests. But in this world, the Eagan resident’s time is occupied by the demands of his small business, his master’s degree program and his four children.
Workers briefly occupied the Wells Fargo tower downtown St. Paul Tuesday, shaming the giant bank for using loopholes in the corporate tax code to avoid paying its fair share.
Demonstrations taking place across the country are protesting the second anniversary of a U.S. Supreme Court ruling allowing corporations to spend unlimited funds to influence elections.
Wisconsin union leaders were elated when recall petitions with more than 1 million signatures were turned in against Republican Governor Scott Walker, who pushed through sweeping measures to take away worker rights. The 1 million signatures are just short of the number of votes Walker garnered in the 2010 election.