Several union leaders in Minnesota remain committed to protecting working people’s right to and access to abortion.
Amazon
House bill targets high injury rates in Amazon’s MN warehouses
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Responding to disproportionately high rates of injury at Amazon warehouses here, Minnesota lawmakers last week introduced legislation that would put the facilities under new scrutiny.
COVID-19
Pandemic bonus pay proposal talks end in failure to compromise
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After missing their September 6 deadline for recommendations, the working group could not agree on a single proposal for the legislature.
Government
Local Postal Workers Voice Concerns About New Policy Slowing Mail Delivery
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APWU members picketed outside main downtown Minneapolis Post Office during visit by Postmaster General and USPS Board of Governors
COVID-19
Minnesota DFL proposal for frontline worker bonus pay seeks to recognize more workers
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DFL members of the working group and frontline workers call for all frontline workers in Minnesota to be respected and acknowledged with the bonus pay proposal, even though it will be smaller payments.
COVID-19
As front-line workers wait, Minnesota state legislature negotiations on ‘hero pay’ stall
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The Minnesota State Legislature committed to $250 million in May for “hero pay” for frontline workers across the state. A working group has yet to develop a plan for distributing that money.
Government
The Unemployment Insurance System Is Set to Get a Tech Makeover — but It Needs Much More, the Biden Administration Says
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The Labor Department has launched an overhaul of the technology that runs the unemployment insurance system, which was overwhelmed by claims and plagued by fraud during the pandemic. But the agency says Congress must act to fix deeper problems.
Government
Unions Claim Wins as 2021 Special Legislative Session Concludes
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For many key issues, however, partisan gridlock blocks progress.
Government
In meeting with Smith, home care workers, clients back Biden plan to fund ‘caregiving infrastructure’
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Many people depend on care from home health care workers. President Biden’s infrastructure proposal includes a measure for investing in caregiving.
Government
As special session nears, unions push lawmakers to prioritize working people
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After a year of pandemic-induced economic and emotional hardship, workers are pushing the government for more relief.
Community
A Film Stimulus Bill for Minnesota
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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.