Sherburne County Jail Cell (WJON.com)
Sherburne has spurred the privatization of health care services for county jails, displacing county workers and leading to dangerous conditions for the incarcerated. The revenue is somewhat restricted leading to complaints from Sheriffs in contract negotiations.
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.
A new report from the Economic Policy Institute examines the demographics of government workers represented by a union.
Minnesota Department of Transportation (MnDOT), and the Minnesota Department of Employment and Economic Development (DEED), provides highway construction pre-apprentice laborer training opportunities for women and minorities who are underrepresented in the highway construction industry.
Food, entertainment, vendors a parade and family activities will be featured at this year’s annual Juneteenth celebration, planned Saturday, June 16 from 11:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. at Bethune Park, 1304 N. 10th Ave., Minneapolis.
New research finds that a wide range of big corporations have been shortchanging the people who work for them including Minnesota companies Ecolab and U.S. Bank.
Due to the bankruptcy, employees were fired en masse, leading many to struggle to pay their bills. Wright, along with the other former P3 employees, met with Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey. According to Wright, “The mayor said that he is going to do everything that he could to fight for us, and we look forward to that.”
Low wage workers don’t have “access to the living conditions that they build,” Aranda said. "They (construction workers) are already invested in our city; why can't they live in those neighborhoods [Edina, Eden Prairie] too?"
Labor still lacks coordinated approach to organizing the South