Minnesota unions praise historic legislative session
Gov. Tim Walz spoke to supporters before signing 12 budget bills into law. In a historically productive legislative session that ended on time Monday, labor-endorsed lawmakers delivered on nearly all...
View ArticleHudson GM workers ‘just waiting to get the call’ to join Big 3 strike
UAW members picketed at GM’s Hudson facility in October 2019. Autoworkers at General Motors’ parts-distribution facility in Hudson, Wis., are not on strike today, but union members say they are ready...
View ArticleRally in Rice Park Saturday to support striking actors
The Minnesota AFL-CIO declared SAG-AFTRA Solidarity Day at the Labor Pavilion on Labor Day. Minnesotans will rally in solidarity with striking film and TV actors this Saturday in St. Paul’s Rice Park,...
View ArticleRetail janitors brace for busy holiday weekend with no holiday pay
Contracts covering about 8,000 members of SEIU Local 26 will expire this winter. (file photo) With shoppers are poised to swarm Black Friday sales across the Twin Cities, it means a busy weekend of...
View ArticleLed by nurses, coalition of MN unions to push ‘Healing Greed Agenda’ in 2024
John Welsh, a nurse at Unity Hospital, outlined the MNA’s 2024 legislative agenda. Less than a year after hospital lobbyists stymied efforts to establish minimum staffing levels in Minnesota hospitals,...
View ArticleSun Country flight attendants demand wages, work rules to match industry peers
Sun Country flight attendants, members of Teamsters Local 120, held informational picketing Jan. 10 at MSP Airport. Nearly five years into their campaign for a new union contract, flight attendants at...
View ArticleSt. Paul lawmaker vows to act on health care for MSP workers if MAC won’t
State Sen. Erin Murphy spoke during a press conference held by unions at MSP Airport in December. Airport workers are dialing up the pressure on employers at Minneapolis St. Paul International Airport...
View ArticleSt. Paul educators vote to authorize strike: ‘It’s time for us to stop being...
Over 2,000 SPFE members voted on a potential strike yesterday at the Carpenters hall in St. Paul. Over two-thirds of the Saint Paul Federation of Educators’ members filed into the Carpenters union hall...
View ArticleMSP flight attendants from multiple carriers rally together on worldwide day...
Flight attendants marched Feb. 13 during a solidarity action at MSP’s Terminal 1. An estimated 100,000 U.S.-based flight attendants are working under expired union contracts, and their collective...
View ArticleUnions to stay vigilant at Capitol: ‘What we’ve got can go away in a vote’s...
Minnesota AFL-CIO President Bernie Burnham spoke at a rally outside a business lobby event on the opening day of the 2024 legislative session. Minnesota’s unions will approach the 2024 state...
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