On Tuesday, March 31, Hennepin County notified a total of 311 workers that they would no longer be allowed to work from home beginning Sunday, April 5.
Community
With N-95 Collection Drive, Nurses gear up for Challenge Ahead
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MNA plans to continue its collection drive each day through Sunday, from noon to 2 p.m., at 345 Randolph Ave.
Government
Prevailing Wages Still the Norm in West St. Paul
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The council considered the repeal after developer Dominium indicated that the company might withdraw the development proposal if prevailing wages are required.
Government
Sara Nelson: Our Airline Relief Bill Is a Template for Rescuing Workers Instead of Bailing Out Execs
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Flight attendants union president Sara Nelson is working with House Democrats on a relief package to help airline workers, with strings attached for management: No executive bonuses. No stock buybacks. No spending money on union-busting. Worker representation on boards.
COVID-19
Nurses Union Sets up a Collection Center for N95 Masks
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The Minnesota Nurses Association is accepting donations of N95 masks, which will be distributed to the State Emergency Operations Center to distribute to nurses who are running out at their respective hospitals.
COVID-19
UNITE HERE Raises Alarm About Access to Unemployment and Health Insurance
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On a Wednesday afternoon telepress conference, UNITE HERE International President D. Taylor and representatives from union locals discussed the unprecedented economic impact of the COVID-19 crisis on the 300,000 UNITE HERE union members in the U.S. and Canada in industries as diverse as airlines, hotels, theme parks, event venues, and food service.
COVID-19
Unions Push Pandemic Response Leaving no Worker Behind
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Yesterday the state’s highest-ranking labor leaders sent Gov. Tim Walz and legislative leaders a to-do list of policy changes necessary, they say, to protect working people on the front lines of the pandemic response and those likely to suffer most from its impact on Minnesota’s economy.
Community
‘My Family Members are Begging me Not to Go to Work’
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At a Wednesday afternoon press conference, nurses represented by the Minnesota Nurses Association (MNA) outlined in raw and unwavering detail the challenges they are facing as frontline workers in the midst of a global health crisis.
COVID-19
Gov. Walz Suspends Some Collective Bargaining Rights
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As the challenges of the response to COVID-19 compounds, Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz signed Emergency Executive Order 20-07, effectively suspending some collective bargaining rights for state employees.
Community
Unions Across America Are Screaming For Paid Sick Leave and Healthcare
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As coronavirus spreads, sowing panic and economic dislocation, unions across the country are using the crisis as an opportunity to call for priorities that were dismissed as left-wing fantasies not long ago—and now seem like common sense.
Strike Ends, But Educators Vow to Fight on for Public Schools
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St. Paul educators set out last May to bargain a contract in the public good. When they went on strike this week, the public was right there standing with them.