Organizing
Union Solidarity Drives Fight for $15 at MSP Airport
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They may work different jobs or carry different union cards, but workers at Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport are fighting together to raise MSP’s minimum wage to $15.
Government
Report on the Safety of Youth in The Trades
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This report to the Minnesota Legislature explains that any benefit gained by bringing youth under the age of 18 onto an active construction site is “overwhelmed by the unacceptable risk to youths’ health, safety and wellbeing.”
Community
ROC MN is Making Waves in the Restaurant Industry
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At an open house last week at the UNITE Here offices in northeast Minnesota, representatives from ROC MN spoke directly to union members about their work and vision.
Teamsters Local 320 members strike in St. Louis County
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“We’re just hoping to get equality,” said Tom Allen, who has been a mechanic for two years and was working the picket at the St. Louis County garage on Jean Duluth Road. “We’re looking to be long-term employees and we do a good job. We’re out here working for equal pay and equal rights.”
Environment
Climate Activists Can’t Afford to Ignore Labor. A Shuttered Refinery in Philly Shows Why.
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In the words of Jim, a former worker who requested only his first name be used due to fear of retaliation, “Fossil fuels need to be phased out aggressively. That being said, I’m in the industry. You can’t just allow the people in that industry to become like the coal miners, just floundering.”
Community
Alorica to Close Mendota Heights Call Center Laying off 158 CWA Members
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California based Call-Center Alorica announced today that it would close a Mendota Heights, Minnesota call center in March 2020, laying off 158 workers in the process.
Community
AFSCME Council 65 and MN AFL-CIO are Hiring
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The Minnesota AFL-CIO is hiring a Field Director and AFSCME Council 65 is hiring a Labor Rep/Organizer
Unions
Cement Masons Apprentices Create ‘Concrete Christmas,’ Learning and Using Skills
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They wear hardhats, not elf hats, but for four weeks each fall the Cement Masons Local 633 apprentices transform their training facility into something like Santa’s workshop.
Organizing
The Teamster Strike stems from UNFI’s purchase of Supervalu
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The strike at Fort Wayne’s UNFI . distribution center had escalated to include pickets in Hopkins, Minnesota, and Green Bay, Wisconsin. The escalation proved to be effective. Talks are scheduled to resume Thursday.
Unions
Bosses Are Charged with Breaking the Law in Over 40% of Union Campaigns
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In a new report, the progressive think tank Economic Policy Institute (EPI) found evidence that employers are increasingly brazen in seeking to obstruct workers’ attempts to unionize.