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Rail Workers Reject Contract Recommendations, Say They’re Ready to Strike

By Joe DeManuelle-Hall (Labor Notes)

Community

State Building Trades convention asks Governor Walz to call special session to pass bonding bill, complete unfinished business of 2022 legislature

The convention saw remarks from Governor Walz, MN Attorney General Keith Ellison, and passed 14 resolutions, including a call for a special session to pass a $1.4 billion bonding bill.

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Community

Building Trades Council steps up efforts to welcome and support veterans, celebrates new designation as a ‘Beyond the Yellow Ribbon Company’

A yellow ribbon company is one that supports military service members and their families.
COVID-19

Trader Joe’s Union Campaign Takes Two Steps Forward, One Step Back

Trader Joe’s workers in Minneapolis won their union in a landslide vote August 12, making theirs the second store to go with the new, independent Trader Joe’s United. The win raises the question of whether the grocer, with its 530 locations and progressive image, could be the next Starbucks. It seems that Trader Joe’s management […]
Organizing

After walking away from workers, Millennium gets heat from convention delegates

Housekeepers and other hotel employees took the stage on Day 1 of the AFL-CIO’s Pride at Work convention and told delegates that the Millennium Hotel had pulled back tentative agreements with their union two months after booking the convention. Delegates didn’t take the news sitting down. They marched out of the Millennium ballroom and into the lobby, […]
Climate Change

Heat Waves Are Putting Teamsters in Danger

UPS workers say the company is not doing enough to protect employees from scorching temperatures.
Bargaining

Hospital nurses in Twin Cities, Duluth vote to authorize strike

On August 15, facing multiple public health crises, 15,000 nurses voted to authorize a strike in the Twin Cities and Duluth areas.
Commentary

Blood, “Sweat” and tears: The Guthrie Theater’s take on the human cost of the economy

The Twin Cities' Guthrie Theater is producing a run of the Pulitzer Prize-winning drama about the lost dreams of workers in one of the poorest towns in the US.