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
Homepage Featured
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.
Community
Unions honor fallen tradespeople on Workers Memorial Day
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The annual day of reflection is also the anniversary of the creation of the federal Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) in 1971.
Community
Local labor movement’s solidarity vital for MFT
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MFT’S strike fund continues to seek contributions
Government
General counsel will urge NLRB to deem captive audience meetings illegal
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“This license to coerce is an anomaly in labor law, inconsistent with the Act’s protection of employees’ free choice,” Abruzzo wrote. “It is based on a fundamental misunderstanding of employers’ speech rights.