Paid Family-Leave Measure Also Would Help Adoptive Families
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Lindgren said most people understand the need for bonding between parents and a newborn. But he said it’s just as important for families created through adoption.
West Virginia Strikes Again, Defeating Privatization Bill in a Single Day
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West Virginia teachers emboldened educators across the country last year when they struck to defend their health insurance and win raises. But when the legislature returned this January, hostile legislators brought forward an omnibus education bill.
Teacher Strikes Boost Ed Funding in WV, Other States
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The wave of school strikes that started in West Virginia a year ago seems to be moving more funding into public education, nationally.
Unions and Allies Respond to Governor Walz’s Budget Proposal
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Yesterday, Governor Walz and Lt. Governor Flanagan released their two year budget proposal. Various unions, worker focused organizations and allies responded to the budget proposal.
Governor Walz funded all state agencies’ operating budgets. His proposed budget prioritizes safety for state employees and all Minnesotans with $24 million in funding for cyber security and $40 million for overdue IT projects. An additional $4 million was designated for MNiT operating increases and staff to tackle the 300-400 IT projects that are being worked on at any given time in state agencies.
“This is a budget that will move us toward One Minnesota,” said Chet Jorgenson, President of MAPE.
Report: Black Workers Biggest Winners if Federal Minimum Wage Goes Up
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A new report(link is external) says black workers in Minnesota and across the country would see the biggest boost if Congress raises the federal minimum wage to $15 an hour.
Endangered Data Week 2019 at the University of Minnesota
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Endangered Data Week, an international event sponsored by the Digital Library Federation, is a collaborative effort coordinated across campuses, nonprofits, libraries, citizen science initiatives, and cultural heritage institutions, to shed light on public datasets that are in danger of being deleted, repressed, mishandled, or lost
Welcov Healthcare Refuses to Pay Workers
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Employees of the Red Wing Care Center Nursing Home found out late last week, after working a full pay period, that their employer Welcov Healthcare had filed for bankruptcy and refused to pay for work they had done
COMMENTARY: Hotel workers union is organizing to win real changes in 2019
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Local 17’s new leadership is eager to go back to our roots: Organize, organize and organize! We are not reinventing the wheel; we just heard our members’ needs and we want to help them take their issues to the negotiating table.
Report: Need for Paid Family Leave Greatest for Rural Minnesotans
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As legislators at the Minnesota State Capitol debate a paid family and medical leave policy, a new report from the University of Minnesota says the state’s rural residents face the greatest need for this type of benefit.
SEIU Home Care Workers Announce Tentative Agreement With State of Minnesota
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Late Monday night the home care workers of SEIU Healthcare Minnesota reached a Tentative Agreement (TA) with the state of Minnesota for their third union contract, a two-year contract that would begin in July of 2019.