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Electrolux employee Joe Barrata said “I’m glad that we have this opportunity to better our lives as our employer closes down. This program will hopefully set us all up to keep or improve our livelihoods for the future. Working with a union sponsored program to keep us in good, union jobs is a very reassuring feeling.”
Motion picture operators in Minneapolis went on strike. On this day in 1919, the Great Steel Strike began.
Workers are organizing through unions and other organizations to improve their lives. Union representation provides a voice on the job and the opportunity to improve wages, benefits and working conditions.
On Monday, September 17th the Center for the American Experiment sponsored a lunch celebrating Janus v. AFSCME with guest speakers Mark Janus and Rebecca Friedrich. The lunch was met with protesters from various labor unions.
Tipped workers submitted hundreds of petition signatures urging city hall to pass a $15 minimum wage with no tip penalty.
A ProPublica/Frontline collaboration, tells the story of Dayton as the city faces the struggles of a former industrial powerhouse.
A trio of new research studies shows that more people are joining unions in Minnesota and that wages in the Gopher State are growing faster than the neighboring states of Illinois and Wisconsin, as well as in the rest of the United States
At the end of the study, the committee agreed on forwarding three scenarios to the City of Saint Paul for consideration with percentages indicating the level of support each scenario found within the study committee. The scenario with the least support included a tip credit.
Romero Promises to delve into immigration reform when she takes over the union later this year.
Labor still lacks coordinated approach to organizing the South