Policy
Report: Many families ‘working hard, falling short’
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A study by the non-partisan Working Poor Families Project concludes a quarter of working families in America are low-income and “are on a treadmill” ? working harder but not getting ahead.
Organizing
Protesters target out-of-state contractor
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Unions protested Wednesday outside a meeting of the non-union Associated Builders & Contractors, where an out-of-state contractor was being honored for making inroads into Minnesota construction.
Policy
Overtime issue may arise during ‘lame duck’ session
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Opponents of the Bush administration?s new overtime regulations may make another attempt to restore overtime pay eligibility for millions of workers.
Policy
Building Trades plan rally Nov. 17
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Minnesota Building Trades unions intend to demonstrate Nov. 17 against out-of-state contractors bringing out-of-state workers into Minnesota.
Policy
‘Free trade’ policies cost thousands of Minnesota jobs, threaten beet industry
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So-called ?free trade? policies likely have cost Minnesota thousands of manufacturing jobs more than previously reported and threaten to wipe out thousands of more jobs connected with the region?s sugarbeet industry, according to speakers at two events Thursday at the state Capitol.
Policy
Pawlenty administration explores ways to maintain Ford plant
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Prodded by the heads of three state Senate committees, the Pawlenty administration is exploring whether it can help Ford keep its Twin Cities Assembly Plant ? and more than 2,400 jobs ? in existence past 2007.
Policy
Labor, elected officials decry AT&T plan to outsource more jobs
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At a street corner rally outside AT&T offices in downtown Minneapolis, top labor leaders and local elected officials Tuesday criticized corporate America and the Bush administration for the continued outsourcing of American jobs to low-wage countries.
Policy
Unionists blast Bush on war, AFL-CIO on inaction
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Protesting unionists marched Sunday in the nation’s Capitol, blasting George W. Bush’s war in Iraq–and the AFL-CIO for inaction on
the issue.
Policy
‘Pink slip’ demonstration targets Bush jobs record
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Using shocking pink signs ? and some unseasonable lingerie ? nearly 50 union members lined W. University Ave. in St. Paul to draw attention to the dismal economic performance of President George W. Bush.
Policy
Photo Essay: The Red River Valley Sugar Beet Harvest
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Along the 250 miles of the Minnesota-North Dakota border, the sugar beet harvest is nearing completion. Our photo essay gives you a taste of this intense — and important – process.