License to Clip
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A movement to let the formerly incarcerated cut hair and drive taxis is gaining ground.
New Report: ‘Upskilling the Immigrant Workforce to Meet Employer Demand for Skilled Workers’
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In communities across the country, many employers are having trouble finding enough skilled workers, but they may be overlooking an untapped resource.
Interpreters Demand Better Pay
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Interpreters are demanding better pay! They have not had a meaingful pay increase in 20 years.
At organizing boot camp, workers look to build power from the inside out
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Janus may be a setback for labor, but activists at the training sounded ready to push back, building power from the inside out.
Philando Castile Exhibit at the MIA Ends this Month
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There are still a couple of weeks left to experience, “Art and Healing: In the Moment,” featuring work created by local artists in response to the murder of Philando Castile in 2016.
NEW REPORT: Minimum Wage Earners Can’t Afford Rent in ANY Minnesota County
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A new report from the Minnesota Housing Partnership (MHP) reveals that there isn’t a single county in the state of Minnesota where a full-time minimum wage worker can afford even a modest one-bedroom apartment.
Rulings Show Trump High Court Pick is Bad for Workers and Women’s Rights. Progressive groups are Mobilizing into Action
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Several progressive groups immediately launched campaigns against Kavanaugh in states of undecided senators.
Organized Labor Resoundingly Rejects Kavanaugh’s nomination for the Supreme Court
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The response to President Trump’s latest Supreme Court pick has been resounding. Rewire reports that protests broke out late into the evening after Trump’s 9 pm announcement.
Lawmakers Demand AT&T Midwest, Legacy T end Call Center Cuts, Settle with Communication Workers
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With 14,000 telecom workers closer to a strike, groups of House and Senate Democrats are demanding Randall Stephenson, CEO of AT&T, both end call center cuts and settle with the Communications Workers of America. CWA represents the employees at AT&T Midwest and Legacy T, two of the giant firm’s subsidiaries.
Key issues which may force CWA members to walk off the job are the two companies’ continued outsourcing of U.S. jobs and the raises Stephenson promised after the telecom enthusiastically supported – and benefited from – The Trump-GOP tax cut for corporations and the rich.
Stephenson had promised $1,000 each. CWA, citing GOP President Donald Trump’s prior claims, said each worker should get $4,000 immediately.
COMMENTARY: Summertime… and the doorknocking is easy… Please volunteer now!
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With the 2018 primary election coming up August 14 and early voting beginning June 29, the 2018 campaign season is moving into full speed. The crowded primary field for both the DFL and the Republican tickets will give voters an early chance to hear about each political parties’ values.
While some political elites are despairing the number of last-minute candidate filings, I am much more optimistic about this news. With a competitive three-way contest in the DFL governor’s primary, there will be ample opportunities for our labor values to hit the airwaves and doors all summer. And right now it sure feels like a lot of people could really use more leaders talking about a positive, hopeful future for all of us, which I believe the DFL candidates will do. On the Republican primary side, leading gubernatorial candidate Tim Pawlenty has a proven track record of letting working families down.