Workday Magazine (https://workdaymagazine.org/category/community/page/4/)
“As a business owner I can make this (minimum-wage increase) work,” Peterson said of his response at the time. “This can be done. You can have a successful business and pay your people well and still make a profit.”
If the bill is passed, it is poised to potentially bring millions yearly into the state’s economy from producers that would begin using the incentive to produce the backlog of on hold productions.
Outraged and unreserved, Christner, Marlatt and dozens of other family members and friends took over the Teamsters Local 120 picket line outside the refinery March 11, showing the depth of community support behind nearly 200 union members who have been locked out by Marathon since Jan. 22.
“Marathon has been going down this pathway for a long time,” Don Mullin, executive secretary of the St. Paul Building and Construction Trades Council, said. “They’ve been taking on efforts to be anti-organized labor because that’s the way they do it in other states.”
New data shows job security has been exacerbated by the pandemic, and the problem could continue.
Demonstrators took to the streets of Downtown Minneapolis to demand justice for the murder of George Floyd. The protestors were matched by a foreboding and undeniable presence of military equipment and various levels of barricades.
Minnesota’s oldest and newest union breweries have teamed up to craft a beer celebrating solidarity in the workplace.
Greg Kinne isn’t letting the knowledge he gained over nearly five decades in the automotive industry go to waste in retirement. The former Machinist is sharing what he knows with a new generation of workers at the Twin Cities School.
As we continued chatting, he asked thoughtfully, “how do I know if I am traumatized?” As someone that is public about my PTSD, it’s a reasonable question from a friend. To my surprise, I had no immediate answer.
Operating Engineers Local 49 is hoping a new partnership with Minnesota Virtual Academy will draw more high-school graduates into the union’s registered apprenticeship program – and help meet future demand for skilled, trained workers in the heavy-equipment industry