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.
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. .
Community
Fair State, Schell’s brew together to celebrate solidarity
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Minnesota’s oldest and newest union breweries have teamed up to craft a beer celebrating solidarity in the workplace.
Unions
IUE-CWA members shine light on Walmart’s role in offshoring good jobs
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Workers in the Twin Cities and across the country are protesting a supplier’s move to offshore light bulb production jobs.
Community
49ers’ courses offer high schoolers ‘3-for-1’ credit opportunity
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Operating Engineers Local 49 is hoping a new partnership with Minnesota Virtual Academy will draw more high-school graduates into the union’s registered apprenticeship program – and help meet future demand for skilled, trained workers in the heavy-equipment industry
Unions
Union pledges fight as AT&T plans more Twin Cities store closings
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AT&T is closing more stores despite a 2017 tax cut that promised new jobs.