After missing their September 6 deadline for recommendations, the working group could not agree on a single proposal for the legislature.
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.
Government
After ‘six years of purgatory,’ retirees celebrate pension fix with Smith
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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.
Government
House Passes the PRO Act
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The House passed the Protect The Right To Organize (Pro) Act, the most wide-ranging, pro-worker rewrite of labor law since the original National Labor Relations Act of 1935. .
Government
Minnesotans Call for Paid Family Leave
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The Paid Family & Medical Leave Act would establish a system enabling workers to take time off to care for loved ones without having to worry about income.
Government
Unions and Lawmakers Announce Legislation to Protect Meat and Poultry Workers
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The “Minnesota Safe Workplaces for Meat and Poultry Processing Workers Act” seeks to protect workers by ensuring their rights and benefits to a safe workplace.
Unions
Union and Allies Respond to the Governors Proposed Budget
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“Governor Walz’s budget proposal is a bold plan that invests in priorities to help working people recover from the COVID-19 pandemic while laying out a vision for a more just and equitable state.”
Unions
Union density increases in Minnesota. Unionization rates Increase Nationally.
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Minnesota’s union membership rate increased from 13.7% of the workforce in 2019 to 15.8%.