Policy
Unions ramp up efforts in final hours before election
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As the clock ticks down to Tuesday’s elections, unions are mobilizing members through phone banks and door knocks to turn out the vote for labor-endorsed candidates and issues.
Policy
Teamsters challenge amendment to restrict voting rights
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Two UPS Teamsters have reached thousands of Minnesota citizens since taking up the fight against a proposed constitutional amendment to suppress voting rights.
Policy
Labor 2012: Minnesota unions eye legislative seats in suburban areas
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On a sunny Saturday morning Oct. 20, dozens of union volunteers trickled into a coffee shop downtown Burnsville. They paired up, gathered routes and handbills, and fanned out across the suburb, knocking on fellow union members’ doors and talking about their labor-endorsed candidate for Minnesota House, Will Morgan.
Policy
Job openings grow across Minnesota, but quality remains poor
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More job openings are available in the Twin Cities and across Minnesota, but the pace of employment growth still lags and the quality of many of the jobs is poor, according to an analysis by the JOBS NOW Coalition.
Policy
Where did all our pensions go?
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A total of 84,350 pension plans have vanished since 1985. This figure shocked Pulitzer Prize-winning authors Donald L. Barlett and James W. Steele, who just released their latest book, "The Betrayal of the American Dream."
Policy
AFL-CIO registers nearly half a million voters
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More than 450,000 new voters from union households may be going to the polls Nov. 6 thanks to an ongoing voter registration drive by the union movement, the AFL-CIO announced.
Policy
Union pensions fund new downtown Minneapolis housing
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Members of the Building Trades, along with investors and city officials, broke ground for a new rental housing development in the North Loop neighborhood of Minneapolis that is funded through union pensions.
Policy
Young workers showing new ways to lead
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No one would blame Nicholas Perez and Cheri Stewart if they decided the problems facing their generation are just too big to tackle.
Policy
Governor says it’s time to go on the offense
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Governor Mark Dayton is proud of his vetoes to stop anti-worker legislation, but he’d much rather be playing offense, he told Minnesota AFL-CIO convention delegates.
Policy
Opposition to amendments takes center stage
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Union members affirmed their opposition to the two proposed constitutional amendments that will be on the ballot this fall, saying they are “wrong for Minnesota.”