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COVID-19
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Minnesota GOP proposal for frontline worker bonus pay narrows in on long-term healthcare workers

By Amie Stager | October 1, 2021

Workers respond in solidarity and dismay to the announcement of a hero pay proposal seeking to give $1200 to only long-term healthcare workers

COVID-19
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Without paid sick time, employers’ COVID-19 vaccine mandates won’t address workers’ access barriers or hesitancy

By Ray Levy Uyeda (Prism Reports) | August 31, 2021

FDA approval won’t make a difference if workers still have to choose between the vaccine and their wages.

Policy
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Black women are still fighting for equal pay

By Kayla Grant (Prism Reports) | August 9, 2021

August 3rd was Black Women Equal Pay Day.

Policy
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Paid sick leave is a women’s health issue

By Cecille Joan Avila (Prism Reports) | June 10, 2021

The lack of paid sick leave for all disproportionately impacts women and exacerbates the disparities they already face in the workplace.

Policy
A speaker stand in front of a microphone on the grey capitol steps in front of a colorful banner of workers

“We’re not being taken care of”: Essential Workers Call on Legislature for Relief

By Amie Stager | May 28, 2021

The Essential Workers Emergency Leave Act would allow essential workers to take paid leave to care for themselves and family members.

Amazon

“The Amazon Workers in Bessemer Would Already Have Their Union If We Had the PRO Act”

By Shaun Richman and Kim Kelly (In These Times) | May 18, 2021

What the union loss at an Amazon warehouse in Alabama means for the future of organizing in the Biden era.

Policy
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St. Paul’s minimum wage will increase July 1. Here’s how one local restaurant is adapting

By Alicia Thoj (Union Advocate) | May 3, 2021

“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.”

Government

After ‘six years of purgatory,’ retirees celebrate pension fix with Smith

By Michael Moore (Union Advocate) | March 24, 2021

The emergency funds will protect pension benefits earned by 1.5 million active and retired workers nationwide, including about 22,000 Minnesota retirees who paid into the Central States Pension Fund.

Government
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In 2021, Unions Will Press Legislature For Action For Working People

By Steve Share (Minneapolis Labor Review) | December 21, 2020

In the new year, unions will continue to watch and pressure the Legislature to protect workers and provide relief.

Government

In a New Report MIT School of Management Professor Recommends Sweeping Changes to Labor Law

By Filiberto Nolasco Gomez | July 28, 2020

Study recommends creating mechanisms to strengthen worker voice and representation

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