Government
Unions Claim Wins as 2021 Special Legislative Session Concludes
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For many key issues, however, partisan gridlock blocks progress.
COVID-19
COVID-19 death toll in US nears 600,000
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This article first appeared in Minneapolis Labor Review. MINNEAPOLIS — As the Labor Review went to press June 17, the Centers for Disease Control reported that 597,965 people had died in the U.S. from COVID-19 since the start of the pandemic. Both the number of COVID cases and COVID deaths are on a downward trend, leading states —including Minnesota — to rescind mask mandates and ease up on COVID restrictions or eliminate restrictions altogether. But that’s only possible because of the rising number of people who have been vaccinated, officials say. “Our COVID-19 numbers are at their lowest since the earliest days of the pandemic and life is getting back to normal because Minnesotans rolled up their sleeves and the vaccines work,” Governor Tim Walz announced June 16.
Government
In 2021, Unions Will Press Legislature For Action For Working People
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In the new year, unions will continue to watch and pressure the Legislature to protect workers and provide relief.
Elections
Two union members win city council races as new AFL-CIO program supports union members in running for office
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Two union members of Education Minnesota won city council races in the Minneapolis suburbs this year. They show the potential of the Minnesota AFL-CIO’s new Union Member Candidate Pilot Program.
Workers
COVID-19 Crisis Puts New Spotlight on Workplace Safety Issues Raised by Annual Workers Memorial Day Ceremony
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Building Trades cancel annual ceremony at State Capitol
COVID-19
COVID-19 Closings Put Almost All Local Hotel Workers Out of Work
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The Twin Cities hospitality industry is reeling from COVID-19 shut-downs.
Government
MN AFL-CIO’S CAMPAIGNS CONFERENCE KICKS-OFF LABOR 2020 POLITICAL PROGRAM
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Rank and file union members and leaders from across the state gathered February 6-7 for the Minnesota AFL-CIO’s 2020 Campaigns Conference. The theme was “Stand Up, Fight Back!”
Unions
Cement Masons Apprentices Create ‘Concrete Christmas,’ Learning and Using Skills
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They wear hardhats, not elf hats, but for four weeks each fall the Cement Masons Local 633 apprentices transform their training facility into something like Santa’s workshop.
Community
Exhibit at CTUL features 50 years of labor and social justice art by Minneapolis artist Ricardo Levins Morales
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“On the one hand, I’m always in relationship with and responding to new movements as they emerge,” Levins Morales says. “The other side of my art is to address issues that nobody is talking about.”