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
Half Price Books workers in Roseville, St. Paul form unions
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Workers at Half Price Books stores in St. Paul and Roseville marched on their bosses Thursday, demanding the bookseller recognize their union.
Community
Educators Frustrated by Plan to Uproot St. Paul students
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Plans to close five schools in St. Paul and merge or consolidate 10 others drew a swift rebuke from union educators, who called the proposal heavy handed, shortsighted and disruptive to students and families.
Government
Local Postal Workers Voice Concerns About New Policy Slowing Mail Delivery
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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
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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
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Old Dutch workers, members of BCTGM Local 22, gather outside the union’s offices in Minneapolis.
Community
Minnesota AFL-CIO wraps 55th convention with call for solidarity
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The theme of solidarity was strong throughout the virtual convention, which included many speeches and presentations on organizing and building a better world for working Minnesotans during the pandemic.
Unions
An Exhibit of Worker Power: Art Institute of Chicago Workers Join the Museum Union Wave
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Employees at the historic museum are organizing for pay fairness and transparency, part of a growing movement to unionize cultural institutions across the country.
Organizing
How the Twin Cities became a hotbed for craft beverage unionizing
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A Fingers Labor Day feature on organized labor’s promising momentum with Minnesota’s boutique booze producers
Community
Building Trades Leader: Any Politician Who Doesn’t Back the PRO Act Shouldn’t Get Labor’s Support
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A conversation with Jimmy Williams, the progressive new president of the International Union of Painters and Allied Trades.
Community
‘We really are dedicated, as a union, to everyone doing better’
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Jennifer Christensen will be retiring this month as president of South St. Paul- and Duluth-based UFCW Local 1189.