The labor movement is split on the question of cops. While union officials have signaled their tempered support for police unions, the push to expel law enforcement from the movement has grown quickly in the rank-and-file.
Organizing
Strike vote nets Minneapolis laundry workers a better deal
|
7-1 to authorize a strike last week, laundry workers at Aramark’s northeast Minneapolis facility Wednesday accepted an improved offer from their employer, roughly doubling the wage increase included in the contract.
Organizing
Workers at Twin Cities mental health agency to vote on union
|
Wellness is at the heart of what Headway Emotional Health Services workers do on the job. It’s also at the heart of their union drive, which moved a step closer to the finish line last week.
Organizing
AFSCME united for ‘substantive change’ in talks with U
|
Union members say they will keep the heat on the university until its words of support for frontline workers translate into real gains at the bargaining table.
Organizing
Half Price Books workers in Roseville, St. Paul form unions
|
Workers at Half Price Books stores in St. Paul and Roseville marched on their bosses Thursday, demanding the bookseller recognize their union.
Organizing
How the Pandemic Lockdown & Retail Walkouts Mobilized IATSE Members
|
The anger over work-life balance led to an overwhelming 98.6% of IATSE’s 60,000 workers voting last week to authorize a strike against the Alliance For Motion Picture and Television Producers.
Government
Local Postal Workers Voice Concerns About New Policy Slowing Mail Delivery
|
APWU members picketed outside main downtown Minneapolis Post Office during visit by Postmaster General and USPS Board of Governors
Organizing
After landslide union election, M Health psych staff ready to bargain for wages, safety
|
A resounding “union yes” vote, announced today, gives 350 psychiatric associates at M Health Fairview momentum as they look to negotiate better wages, safety protections and a voice in decisions that affect their jobs.
Organizing
Conditions that sparked strikes at Nabisco, Frito Lay have ‘spread’ to Minnesota, union warns
|
Old Dutch workers, members of BCTGM Local 22, gather outside the union’s offices in Minneapolis.
Organizing
How the Twin Cities became a hotbed for craft beverage unionizing
|
A Fingers Labor Day feature on organized labor’s promising momentum with Minnesota’s boutique booze producers
Organizing
Buffalo Starbucks Workers Say They Will Unionize One Store At a Time
|
Union elections at individual stores would be a significant labor breakthrough in the fast food industry.