Minnesota AFL-CIO urges $15 minimum wage at airport
The Minnesota AFL-CIO unanimously approved a resolution Tuesday supporting a $15 minimum wage for workers at Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport.
Delegates cheer Dayton jobs agenda
Cheers and standing ovations marked Governor Mark Dayton’s speech to the Minnesota AFL-CIO convention Monday, where he pledged to keep the focus on job creation.
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Next steps for Minnesota: transportation, paid sick leave
Through speeches and resolutions, the Minnesota AFL-CIO convention laid out an ambitious public policy agenda that includes comprehensive improvements to the transportation system and paid sick leave for all workers.
Stakes high for workers in 2014 elections, unions say
Saying the stakes are high for workers in the 2014 elections, Minnesota unions are ramping up efforts for labor-endorsed candidates to federal, state and local office.
Minnesota unions celebrate victories, discuss challenges for workers
Members of Minnesota’s unions gathered for the state labor federation’s biennial convention to celebrate recent gains for workers – and to step up efforts in workplace organizing and political action.
Union members gather in St. Paul for Minnesota AFL-CIO convention
More than 500 delegates representing unions from across Minnesota will gather in St. Paul Sunday for the three-day, biennial convention of the Minnesota AFL-CIO.
MAPE members rally in support of hotel workers
Members of the Minnesota Association of Professional Employees took a break from their annual Delegate Assembly Friday to show support for workers at the Ramada Mall of America in their contract negotiations.
American Airlines workers vote for union representation
A joint coalition of the Communications Workers and the Teamsters scored a big win – especially in the anti-union South – among customer service representatives at the new, merged and larger American Airlines.
Anti-labor, Right to Work efforts shifting to city, county levels
Like a deadly disease mutating into an even deadlier form, the national anti-labor “Right-to-Work” campaign has moved in a new direction – to pass Right-to-Work laws at the city and county level.