Workday Magazine (https://workdaymagazine.org/category/policy/page/66/)
The keys to a strong future for Minnesota’s economy lie in education and in making a place for immigrant workers. That was the message delivered Tuesday to the Twin City Area Labor Management Council at a lunchtime seminar.
Governor Tim Pawlenty’s plan to balance the state’s books over the next two years falls short in several areas, including education, child care and health care, labor leaders and others say.
A state Senate committee Wednesday approved legislation that would raise the minimum wage in Minnesota to $7 an hour by July 1, 2006. The measure now goes to the full Senate for a vote.
Since the Metropolitan Airports Commission changed parking vendors last August, parking attendants have seen most of their jobs eliminated, wages and hours slashed and benefits reduced.
Union members continue to have dramatically better workplace benefits than nonunion workers, according to new research by the federal Bureau of Labor Statistics.
A new study concludes the price of housing is getting too high for an increasing number of Minnesotans. Researchers at the National Low Income Housing Coalition said a prime factor is that rental costs are increasing faster than wages for many workers.
It really is mourning in America when President Bush seeks to sunset the Social Security system workers rely on for a measure of dignity in life?s twilight, according to this commentary by retired Minnesota AFL-CIO Communications Director Ron Cohen.
The real divide in the United States is not between so-called “red” and “blue” states, but between the wealthy corporations who control our lives and the rest of us, author Thomas Frank says.
Minnesota expects to finish this fiscal year with a budget surplus, but will face a $700 million deficit in its next budget ? a deficit that could grow to $1.375 billion once inflation is factored in, the state Finance Department announced Dec. 1.
Minnesota is Watching, the coalition of faith-based, labor and nonprofit organizations responded quickly Wednesday to the news of the state?s continuing budget deficit.