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Educator Lynn Harper has seen the toll that a low minimum wage takes on families dependent on low wage jobs. The current level of the minimum wages forces even youngsters to work to help support their families.
The economic security of a family is critical to the health and well-being of its children and the future prosperity of our state, according to the Children’s Defense Fund-Minnesota.
Minnesota women lead the nation in workforce participation but are underpaid.
Raising Minnesota’s minimum wage is a key component of a package of proposals that legislators say would help working women.
Many arguments are being made about whether or not to raise Minnesota’s minimum wage. In a series of videos, Workday Minnesota is examining some of the myths and realities about the minimum wage.
Members of the United Transportation Union held an informational picket at Canadian Pacific Railway headquarters in downtown Minneapolis, voicing concerns about what they say are increasingly unsafe working conditions.
The Minnesota School Employees Association is seeking an Executive Director. AFSCME Council 5 is seeking a Political Representative.
Who is paying low wages in the Twin Cities? A weekly event called “Fair Wage Wednesday” is putting the focus on these employers in Minneapolis.
National AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka will speak at the University of Minnesota Feb. 20 on the question “Free At Last? On the 100th Anniversary of the Civil Rights Act, Where Will We Be?”
With the union’s help, most members of Laborers Local 563 who went on strike last summer at the Cretex concrete manufacturing plant in Shakopee have found new jobs with union contractors in the construction industry, jobs which allow them to keep their Minnesota Laborers Pension Plan.
