Policy
Residents, workers campaign to save Ramsey Nursing Home
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Employees of Ramsey Nursing Home, residents and their families gathered Thursday during what they hoped was not the last ?Volunteer Appreciation Luncheon? at the county-owned facility.
Policy
AFSCME members launch campaign to save Ramsey Nursing Home
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Members of AFSCME Council 14 have launched a public campaign to keep Ramsey Nursing Home open. It will include a “solidarity picket” Thursday, May 6, from 12:45 p.m. to 1:15 p.m.
Government
State Senate votes to raise minimum wage
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The Minnesota Senate voted 36-30 Tuesday to raise the minimum wage to $6.65 an hour by 2005. They rejected efforts to impose a ?tip penalty? that would have reduced the minimum wage for workers in the hospitality industry.
Policy
Protesters slam Bush jobs record, demand fair trade
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Union members demonstrated for fair trade policies as U.S. Senator Norm Coleman and a Bush administration official promoted free trade at a Minneapolis conference.
Policy
Dayton rips Senate inaction on unemployment insurance, overtime
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Despite having the highest number ever of American workers who are both out of a job and out of unemployment benefits, the White House and Senate Republican leaders refuse to provide these workers additional help, U.S. Sen. Mark Dayton charged Saturday.
Policy
Number of new jobs, jobless workers both increase
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The nation’s economy created 308,000 new jobs in March, the Bureau of Labor Statistics says, the first time the economy has fulfilled the Bush administration’s pledge of creating more than 300,000 jobs a month, every month. It was the highest one-month surge of jobs since April 2000.
Policy
Unions plan demonstration at Coleman free trade event
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Unions plan to protest Monday at a Minneapolis press conference where U.S. Senator Norm Coleman, R-Minn., and U.S. Commerce Secretary Don Evans are promoting free trade.
Policy
Unemployed urge Coleman to support benefit extension
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One hundred unemployed Minnesotans issued an open letter to Senator Norm Coleman Tuesday, urging him to change his position and support the federal program of jobless benefits. The 13-week extension program expired at the end of last year.
Policy
More than two workers for every Twin Cities job opening
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More than two workers are competing for every job opening in the Twin Cities metropolitan area, according to the latest job vacancy survey from the state of Minnesota.
Policy
Report shows ‘glass ceiling’ alive and well in Minnesota
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A new report by the Women’s Foundation of Minnesota finds many women still face a glass ceiling in terms of salary and promotion.