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.
Unions
St. Paul Union Activists Expel National Guard from Labor Center
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After they discovered that 50 National Guardsmen was using the hall as a staging hall, many union members objected, noting that an executive board member of the Federation had decided to give the National Guard troops keys and access to the hall decision without a vote of the executive council of the St. Paul Regional Labor Federation.
Organizing
Citing Unfair Labor Practices, 1,300 Steelworkers Strike in Five States
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United Steelworkers members claim Allegheny Technologies Incorporated is refusing to provide essential bargaining information.
Unions
Metro Transit workers put a face on their fight for safety, respect
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Transit workers staged a daylong demonstration outside the Bureau of Mediation Services in St. Paul, where their union resumed contract negotiations with Metro Transit this week, hoping to put a human face on their fight for hazard pay, safety protections and respect.
Community
Union family sticking together as Marathon lockout drags on
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Outraged and unreserved, Christner, Marlatt and dozens of other family members and friends took over the Teamsters Local 120 picket line outside the refinery March 11, showing the depth of community support behind nearly 200 union members who have been locked out by Marathon since Jan. 22.
Community
St. Paul Park refinery picks fight with Building Trades unions, too
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“Marathon has been going down this pathway for a long time,” Don Mullin, executive secretary of the St. Paul Building and Construction Trades Council, said. “They’ve been taking on efforts to be anti-organized labor because that’s the way they do it in other states.”
COVID-19
St. Paul unions’ free food giveaways pass million-pound milestone
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“With demand for emergency food assistance at an all-time high during the pandemic, it’s been amazing to see local unions step up this winter to connect more Minnesota families with free, fresh food available through the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Farmers to Families Food Box program,” Regional Labor Federation President Kera Peterson said.
Amazon
The Teamsters Hint at a Combative National Project to Organize Amazon
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Fearing a threat to more than 100 years of worker gains, “This entire union is focused on dealing with Amazon.”
Commentary
Film stimulus would position Minnesota to capitalize on pent-up demand for new TV, movie production
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The film stimulus bill is designed to encourage out-of-state production companies to come here to make their content, employing Minnesotans, buying Minnesota goods and services, and paying Minnesota taxes, while building a foundation for that industry to thrive here
Hospital Workers Call on Leaders to Act
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Workers negotiating contracts with hospital systems across the Twin Cities express disappointment in a lack of recognition and 0% pay increase.
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. .