Community
As driver shortage hampers start of school, unions point to low pay, benefits
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“This is not a bus driver shortage; this is a bus driver crisis,” Local 320 Communications Director Gus Froemke said. “People are on the edge.”
COVID-19
As front-line workers wait, Minnesota state legislature negotiations on ‘hero pay’ stall
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The Minnesota State Legislature committed to $250 million in May for “hero pay” for frontline workers across the state. A working group has yet to develop a plan for distributing that money.
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
Government
The Unemployment Insurance System Is Set to Get a Tech Makeover — but It Needs Much More, the Biden Administration Says
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The Labor Department has launched an overhaul of the technology that runs the unemployment insurance system, which was overwhelmed by claims and plagued by fraud during the pandemic. But the agency says Congress must act to fix deeper problems.
Organizing
Buffalo Starbucks Workers Say They Will Unionize One Store At a Time
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Union elections at individual stores would be a significant labor breakthrough in the fast food industry.
Community
Former Bartmann Group Restaurant Workers Win Back Stolen Wages
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The struggle to win back stolen wages is just the tip of the iceberg for these workers.
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.
Workers
100 Years Ago, Miners Carried Out the Largest Armed Labor Uprising in U.S. History
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During the 1921 Battle of Blair Mountain, West Virginia workers fought for their rights in a bloody campaign to unionize the coal mines.
