George Floyd was not simply murdered by a knee on his neck, but by generations of open wounds worn raw from Black men and women and people of color being killed for simply existing.
Community
Women Building Success celebrates tradeswomen at awards ceremony
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Union tradeswomen and labor leaders gathered June 1 in White Bear Lake for the Women Building Success Awards
Community
Unions honor fallen tradespeople on Workers Memorial Day
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The annual day of reflection is also the anniversary of the creation of the federal Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) in 1971.
Community
Local labor movement’s solidarity vital for MFT
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MFT’S strike fund continues to seek contributions
Commentary
How to Aid Seniors Who Need Help Paying Rent
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As the fastest growing segment of the homeless population, according to a recent Wilder Foundation report, low-income seniors do need a lot of help, and now.
Community
Why are Starbucks baristas unionizing?
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Workers at three local Starbucks stores have announced efforts to organize unions and file for elections.
Community
Remembering Shar Knutson: ‘Her presence will be missed, but her legacy lives on’
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Labor leaders who worked with Knutson recalled her attention to detail, quiet resolve and ambition
Wage Theft
In a Single Year, $1.78 Trillion Was Taken From the Working Class
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The wealth workers should have received, had wages kept up with productivity, was instead given to shareholders.
Community
Burnham sworn in as first person of color to lead MN AFL-CIO
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In a ceremony broadcast live on the federation’s social media platforms, outgoing Minnesota AFL-CIO President Bill McCarthy swore his successor, Bernie Burhnam, into the state’s highest-ranking union office today.
Community
MN unions grew in 2021, bucking national trend
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Minnesota bucked the national trend of declining union membership last year, as the state’s union rolls grew by 18,000 workers.
Community
Martin Luther King Jr., Union Man
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If Martin Luther King Jr. still lived, he’d probably tell people to join unions.