Hospital nurses in Twin Cities, Duluth vote to authorize strike
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On August 15, facing multiple public health crises, 15,000 nurses voted to authorize a strike in the Twin Cities and Duluth areas.
Elections
Minneapolis Trader Joe’s workers aim to unionize second store in U.S.
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Workers allege the company has deployed unfair labor practices ahead of next week’s union vote.
Commentary
Yes, Abortion Rights Are a Union Issue
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Organized labor has an important role to play in the struggle for reproductive justice.
A First Contract for Mexican GM Plant’s Independent Union
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SINTTIA, the independent union that ousted an employer-friendly union at a GM plant in central Mexico, won its first contract in May.
Government
Unions decry Supreme Court ruling, urge action to protect abortion access
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Several union leaders in Minnesota remain committed to protecting working people’s right to and access to abortion.
Commentary
The Creative Methods Workers Are Using to Stop Bosses’ Abuse
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Why we need to enforce worker protections to build the labor movement we want.
Elections
Union election begins for over 400 Planned Parenthood workers
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Following the Supreme Court’s overturning of Roe v. Wade, hundreds of workers at Planned Parenthood begin voting for their union election.
Community
Women Building Success celebrates tradeswomen at awards ceremony
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Union tradeswomen and labor leaders gathered June 1 in White Bear Lake for the Women Building Success Awards
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Twin Cities Nurses Picket, Demand Hospitals put Patients over Profits
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On a combined picket line outside United and Children’s hospitals in St. Paul, nurses said the crisis facing their profession demands urgency and bold action to keep nurses from leaving the bedside.
Organizing
Psych workers at M Health, Allina strike during Mental Health Awareness Month
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Over 400 mental health workers in the Twin Cities answered that question yesterday by going on strike for union contracts that address safety concerns and low wages in their industry.