Organizing
Conditions that sparked strikes at Nabisco, Frito Lay have ‘spread’ to Minnesota, union warns
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Old Dutch workers, members of BCTGM Local 22, gather outside the union’s offices in Minneapolis.
Community
Minnesota AFL-CIO wraps 55th convention with call for solidarity
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The theme of solidarity was strong throughout the virtual convention, which included many speeches and presentations on organizing and building a better world for working Minnesotans during the pandemic.
Unions
An Exhibit of Worker Power: Art Institute of Chicago Workers Join the Museum Union Wave
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Employees at the historic museum are organizing for pay fairness and transparency, part of a growing movement to unionize cultural institutions across the country.
Organizing
How the Twin Cities became a hotbed for craft beverage unionizing
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A Fingers Labor Day feature on organized labor’s promising momentum with Minnesota’s boutique booze producers
Community
Building Trades Leader: Any Politician Who Doesn’t Back the PRO Act Shouldn’t Get Labor’s Support
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A conversation with Jimmy Williams, the progressive new president of the International Union of Painters and Allied Trades.
Community
‘We really are dedicated, as a union, to everyone doing better’
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Jennifer Christensen will be retiring this month as president of South St. Paul- and Duluth-based UFCW Local 1189.
High Rise Window Cleaner Strike is Over
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High rise window cleaners who have been on an Unfair Labor Practice (ULP) strike for ten days reached a tentative agreement early this morning at 1 a.m. to end their strike.
Unions
UPDATE: As of Monday Window Cleaners are on Strike
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According to the union, the potential ULP strike could begin anytime after the August 15th contract expiration date.
Community
The Labor Movement Mourns the Death of AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka
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Earlier today news began to spread that AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka had succumbed to a heart attack at age 72.