Faculty at two Twin Cities colleges organizing into unions
With students and community members showing their support, contingent faculty at Macalester College and Hamline University announced they are seeking to unionize.
Postal Service actions jeopardize security of the mail, workers say
A Postal Service decision to open postal counters in Staples stores will compromise service to customers and jeopardize the security of the mail, employees and community members said at rallies held nationwide Thursday.
Postal Workers plan actions at Staples stores Thursday
Staples and the U.S. Postal Service have cut a deal that will replace full-service post offices with privately run post offices inside Staples stores. These knock-off post offices will not be staffed with Postal Service employees.
International Falls nurses see signs of support
Nurses in International Falls are seeing signs of community support everywhere as they seek a contract that protects patient safety.
College players to vote on union, but face legal challenges
In what is, so far, a battle of dueling legal briefs, college football players who want to unionize and their foe, Northwestern University, filed their written arguments with the National Labor Relations Board.
Federal study: 57% of poultry plant workers suffer ergonomic injuries
Almost six of every 10 of the nation’s poultry plant workers – 57% – suffer musculoskeletal, or ergonomic, ills from the constant repetitive motions they undertake cutting up chickens and turkeys on the job, a new federal study says.
Minnesota CEOs paid 127 times what the average worker earns
The average CEO of a Minnesota-based company makes 127 times the pay of the average Minnesota private sector worker, according to figures released by the AFL-CIO.
Governor signs minimum wage increase into law
More than 325,000 of Minnesota’s lowest-wage workers just got a raise. Joined in the Capitol Rotunda Monday by legislators, advocates and Minnesotans from across the state, Governor Mark Dayton signed a bill into law raising Minnesota’s minimum wage for the first time since 2005.
Higher minimum wage will help Minnesota children, educators say
The hike in Minnesota’s minimum wage – to $9.50 an hour by 2016 – signed into law Monday by Governor Mark Dayton will benefit Minnesota children, educators said.
Nationally-known organizer says precarious economy requires new alliances
Having spent the last several years helping workers organize, Saket Soni encounters the changing nature of work on a daily basis. Many people – whether they wear blue, pink or white collars – are dealing with the new reality of the precarious economy.