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General counsel will urge NLRB to deem captive audience meetings illegal

By Michael Moore (Union Advocate) | April 25, 2022

“This license to coerce is an anomaly in labor law, inconsistent with the Act’s protection of employees’ free choice,” Abruzzo wrote. “It is based on a fundamental misunderstanding of employers’ speech rights.

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How to Aid Seniors Who Need Help Paying Rent

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Frontline workers’ focus turns to Senate after House passes bonus pay

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Push for paid family leave takes on new urgency in pandemic

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House bill targets high injury rates in Amazon’s MN warehouses

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Pandemic bonus pay proposal talks end in failure to compromise

By Amie Stager | October 27, 2021

After missing their September 6 deadline for recommendations, the working group could not agree on a single proposal for the legislature.

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Local Postal Workers Voice Concerns About New Policy Slowing Mail Delivery

By Steve Share (Minneapolis Labor Review) | October 13, 2021

APWU members picketed outside main downtown Minneapolis Post Office during visit by Postmaster General and USPS Board of Governors

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Minnesota DFL proposal for frontline worker bonus pay seeks to recognize more workers

By Amie Stager | October 6, 2021

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.

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As front-line workers wait, Minnesota state legislature negotiations on ‘hero pay’ stall

By Cirien Saadeh (PRISM Reports) | September 20, 2021

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.

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The Unemployment Insurance System Is Set to Get a Tech Makeover — but It Needs Much More, the Biden Administration Says

By Cezary Podkul (ProPublica) | September 13, 2021

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.

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Unions Claim Wins as 2021 Special Legislative Session Concludes

By Steve Share (Minneapolis Labor Review) | July 29, 2021

For many key issues, however, partisan gridlock blocks progress.

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In meeting with Smith, home care workers, clients back Biden plan to fund ‘caregiving infrastructure’

By Michael Moore (Union Advocate) | June 8, 2021

Many people depend on care from home health care workers. President Biden’s infrastructure proposal includes a measure for investing in caregiving.

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As special session nears, unions push lawmakers to prioritize working people

By Michael Moore (Union Advocate) | May 25, 2021

After a year of pandemic-induced economic and emotional hardship, workers are pushing the government for more relief.

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A Film Stimulus Bill for Minnesota

By Filiberto Nolasco Gomez | April 13, 2021

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.

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After ‘six years of purgatory,’ retirees celebrate pension fix with Smith

By Michael Moore (Union Advocate) | March 24, 2021

The emergency funds will protect pension benefits earned by 1.5 million active and retired workers nationwide, including about 22,000 Minnesota retirees who paid into the Central States Pension Fund.

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