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With the U.S. Senate poised to enact sweeping tax cuts for the wealthy, University of Minnesota teaching assistants, research assistants and other graduate workers marched to protest the plan. They say the legislation would “cause a crisis in graduate education.”
As a driver backed a semi-trailer into the loading dock at the Finish Line Express freight terminal, a crowd of about 100 Teamsters Local 120 members and supporters had just wrapped up a protest rally outside the terminal on the other side of a chain-link fence.
Ryan Timlin will be the new president of Amalgamated Transit Union Local 1005 effective Jan. 1. The election comes as the union prepares for a possible strike during February’s Super Bowl in Minneapolis.
Protesters rallied outside the Walmart in St. Paul’s Midway on the morning of Black Friday, calling on Walmart and the City of St. Paul to raise the minimum wage to $15 an hour.
Union members in Minnesota are among those raising objections as the U.S. Senate prepares to vote on legislation to cut taxes, threatening important public services and providing handouts to the wealthy.
Just before Thanksgiving 2016, Lakeville Motor Express abruptly shut down operations, immediately putting 95 people out of work and failing to pay their last two weeks of wages and benefits. The workers, who are represented by Teamsters Local 120, will rally Monday, Nov. 27, at the terminal of Finish Line Express in New Brighton.
A new analysis of Wisconsin’s public schools reveals several alarming trends since the state adopted legislation stripping teachers and other public service workers of most collective bargaining rights in 2011.
Mayo Albert Lea service workers who are members of SEIU Healthcare Minnesota have voted overwhelmingly to authorize a one-day strike if Mayo continues to refuse to bargain in good faith, the union said.
Workers subcontracted to deliver packages for Amazon, citing multiple instances of not being paid, took their concerns to the online shopping giant’s Eagan facility early Monday morning.
