Support Prevailing Wages in Greater Minnesota
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‘Prevailing wage laws ensure that every County and region can protect its good jobs and local standards. Support prevailing wages!’
Two years after Thanksgiving shock, Teamsters aren’t letting FLE off the hook
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Nearly two years after Lakeville Motor Express abruptly closed shop, 90 members of Teamsters Local 120 are still fighting for the wages, vacation pay and other benefits the Roseville-based trucking company owes them.
DFL Campaign Workers Win Overtime in New Contract
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Over ninety campaign workers at the Minnesota Democratic-Farmer-Labor Party announced Thursday the approval of a collective bargaining agreement.
Enthusiasm high among labor volunteers as Election Day nears
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With the finish line in sight, national union leaders and labor-endorsed candidates fired up union volunteers Saturday in South St. Paul, urging them to keep working to turn out labor voters for the midterm election Nov. 6.
Commentary: March to the Polls!
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Now, it’s time to harness that energy for one of the most important marches since election night 2016: the march to the polls November 6. And we need everyone, and I mean everyone, to enthusiastically join us in that march.
GOTV Efforts in Full Swing in MN
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Voting advocates, including Brad Lehto, secretary-treasurer of the Minnesota AFL-CIO, have launched canvassing efforts as a friendly reminder to encourage Minnesotans to perform their civic duty.
Report: Trade Deficit with China Destroyed 88,000 MN Jobs
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With the Trump administration’s trade war with China showing no signs of letting up, new analysis by the Economic Policy Institute(link is external) says Minnesota workers have lost 88,000 jobs since China entered the World Trade Organization in 2001.
To stop cycle of cuts, St. Paul educators back levy referendum
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The levy campaign has broad support from the community. The St. Paul Regional Labor Federation has endorsed it, and so has St. Paul Mayor Melvin Carter, who called SPPS the “lifeblood” of his community.
Calculating Economic Costs of Workplace Sexual Harassment
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The global #MeToo movement has put a spotlight on sexual harassment and assault, and a new report from the Institute for Women’s Policy Research calculates the economic impacts in the workplace.
On right to work and prevailing wage, it’s Walz … or Wisconsin
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“People will tell you, ‘I’m not into politics,’” Walz said. “You tell them too damn bad because politics is into you.”