Workday Minnesota (https://workdayminnesota.org/category/government/page/2/)
Protest, Washington D.C. Vlad Tchompalov @tchompalov
The Trump administration is rushing to approve dozens of eleventh-hour policy changes. Among them: The Justice Department is fast-tracking a rule that could reintroduce firing squads and electrocutions to federal executions.
Don Slaten has been volunteering in support of his union’s political program for years. Never has he seen a campaign season like this one, marked by social distance, early voting and a highly polarized voting public. “It’s just unreal,” said Slaten, a retired member of Machinists Local Lodge 459 who became active in local politics in the mid-1980s. “I’ve never seen anything like this before.”
In an election cycle with no playbook, Minnesota’s unions have adjusted their approach to politics. Physical distance is now baked into the Labor 2020 campaign strategy, with phone and text banks taking the place of most door-to-door canvassing.
In a ceremony held on the floor of Ironworkers Local 512’s apprenticeship training center today, Gov. Tim Walz signed into law a $1.88 billion package of infrastructure investments that will create thousands of jobs for union tradespeople across Minnesota.
The working people who keep Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport running, who keep it clean and who have made it safe for travelers during the COVID-19 crisis are about to get a well-deserved raise.
During the fifth special session this year, the Minnesota State Legislature passed a historic capital investment bill celebrated by workers.
Instead of using bailout money to keep workers, at least two companies restored the full pay of their top management.
A conversation with labor activist and legal scholar James Gray Pope.
The administration is allowing industries to directly control guest worker programs.
This report illustrates the many ways that Donald Trump is failing American workers, endangering the environment and our communities, and putting lives at risk”
A committee chair is ratcheting up a fight over an investigation into potential conflicts of interests in the NLRB’s repeated efforts to undo an Obama-era rule that expanded liability for corporations like McDonald’s.