ISAIAH Asks Sears For Better Treatment Of Employees
On Saturday, a group organized by ISAIAH gathered in the parking lot of the Sears store in St. Paul on Rice Street, west of the State Capitol complex to seek better working conditions for Sears...
View ArticleSen. Franken Blasts GOP Anti-Union Measure Reversing NLRB Rule
Republicans controlling the U.S. Senate are trying to reverse a new National Labor Relations Board rule that would shorten the time between a union’s request for representation and the vote on whether...
View ArticleShould Lawmakers Be Treated Like Teachers When It Comes To Seniority?
Would Republican lawmakers like a taste of their own medicine? That seemed to be the message behind an amendment Rep. Carly Melin (DFL-Hibbing) offered to a controversial education bill which says...
View ArticleSlower Fast Food On Tax Day? Nationwide Strike To Hit Twin Cities
Union organizers are upping the pressure on fast food restaurants to raise their wages by promising a nationwide strike on April 15 – tax day – symbolic because they say employees should be paid at...
View ArticleUnion Organizers Call McDonald’s Wage Raise “Publicity Stunt”– April 15...
Organizers of a fast-food worker strike scheduled for later this month say the strike threat prompted McDonald’s to announce it is giving workers a pay raise. However, the strike is still on because...
View ArticlePolice Harassment, Workers Rights Issues Getting Minneapolis Leaders Attention
Advocates for citizens fed up with police harassment and mistreatment of workers are successfully getting the attention of Minneapolis city leaders. This week, Neighborhoods Organizing For Change Field...
View ArticleFight For $15 Draws Huge Crowd, Invades McDonalds
Teamsters, college students, fast food workers and those who love and support them made up a crowd of about 1,500 people at the University of Minnesota calling for low wage employers to pay their...
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Lucila Dominguez honored at 9th annual Facing Race Ambassador Awards
(Note: This video is featured courtesy of The Saint Paul Foundation. To learn more about all of this year’s Ambassador Award honorees, visit http://www.saintpaulfoundation.org/ambassador_awards/)Lucila...
View ArticleSt. Paul Teachers Turn Up Heat On School Board With “People’s Board”
St. Paul’s school board has decided to no longer televise the portion of its meeting where the public offers comments. So on Tuesday, the St. Paul Federation of Teachers decided to give the public its...
View ArticleAFSCME Says Walker Methodist Health Center Trying To Bust Union
Content Sponsored By AFSCME Council 5 After a long contentious struggle to form a union, workers at Walker Methodist Health Center are fighting management again to keep their union — and at the same...
View ArticleLatino Workers: Minneapolis Needs Safe & Sick Time
“This is about our safety. This is about our health. This is about our children.” say Lisbeth Garcia who works at McDonald’s. She would like the same rights that many other workers have, which is to be...
View ArticleProtests Erupt When Hillary Clinton Mentions Philando Castile
Protesters began chanting “hands up, don’t shoot” when Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton mentioned Philando Castile’s name while speaking in Minneapolis.Police shot and killed Castile...
View ArticleMinnesota Public Employees A Step Closer To Paid Parental Leave
Minnesota’s public employees are one step closer to having paid parental leave. Members of one of the state’s largest unions, the Minnesota Association of Professional Employees – or MAPE – voted in...
View ArticleMN Prison Guard Union Wants State to Follow Feds on Private Facilities
The U.S. Department of Justice’s plan to end its use of private prisons is renewing calls to keep a private Minnesota facility permanently closed.Some state lawmakers have been considering a plan to...
View ArticleMinnesota’s Labor Unions Boosting Racial Economic Equality
On the heels of Labor Day, and as the Twin Cities continue to struggle with racial disparities, a new report details how Minnesota’s labor unions are providing economic opportunities, especially for...
View ArticleFrustrated Workers Urge Minneapolis City Council To Pass $15 Minimum Wage Now
Frustrated by politics and the courts, workers who want to raise the minimum wage in Minneapolis to $15 an hour are turning up the heat on the city council.Monday was supposed to be kick off of a...
View ArticleState Of Minnesota Employees Get Paid Parental Leave – But Benefit’s Future...
On Wednesday, Minnesota became the fourth state in the nation to offer state employees paid parental leave. Gov. Mark Dayton approved the plan that allows new parents to take up to six weeks to be...
View ArticleUnion: MN Budget Surplus Should Help Working Families
A group that represents working Minnesotans is asking the state Legislature not to blow the budget surplus on tax breaks for billionaires and big business.AFSCME Council 5 has called on lawmakers to...
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Bill That Wipes Out Minimum Wage Gains Advances Despite Intense Opposition
“This bill is about grinding the face of the poor,” theologian David Weiss told a packed public hearing on Monday about a bill that could nullify local minimum wage laws in Minnesota. Opponents of what...
View ArticleMN Steps Up to Prevent Workplace Bullying
Mistreatment and abuse have become taboo in American culture, but one place where it still happens too often is the workplace. Researchers say 60 million Americans are affected by it. Several years ago...
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Video Replay -Working People’s Day Of Action – Rally At Minnesota Capitol
A coalition of Minnesota unions and non-profits rally in the state capitol rotunda. Education Minnesota, AFSCME, Minnesota School Employees Association, the Teamsters, Minnesota Nurses Association,...
View ArticleSoldier/Teacher: Trump’s Plan Is “Dangerous”, “Arm Me With A School...
An Apple Valley high school teacher who is also a soldier calls President Donald Trump’s plan to arm teachers to deter school shootings “foolish and dangerous.”“Don’t arm me with a gun. Arm me with a...
View ArticleMinnesotans Defend Unions Before Crucial Court Case
The future of unions could hang on a case being argued Monday before the U.S. Supreme Court.It’s called Janus v. American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees (AFSCME), and an Illinois...
View ArticleU.S. Supreme Court Delivers Blow to Unions in Janus Decision
A U.S. Supreme Court decision on Wednesday is being called a potentially crippling blow to unions representing government workers nationwide.The high court ruled 5-to-4 that non-union workers can’t be...
View ArticleMN Teachers Get “Drop the Union” Calls following Janus Decision
A telephone and email campaign in Minnesota and other Midwest states is aimed at teachers, encouraging them to drop out of their union. It’s thought to be the result of a Supreme Court decision last...
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