Welcome to the new Workday Minnesota!
Welcome to the new version of Workday Minnesota, the website of news and resources on issues important to working people.
Hotel and restaurant union reports two victories
UNITE HERE Local 17 reports wins for two groups of downtown Minneapolis hospitality workers.
Who Built Our Capitol? video and website launched
The Who Built Our Capitol? project reached a major milestone with the launch of a 46-minute video documentary and website.
Cretex strikers take their message to the State Fair
In addition to manning the picket lines at Cretex Companies in Shakopee, striking union workers are at the Minnesota State Fair educating the public about their fight to keep their earned retirement funds.
Walkout puts spotlight on need for higher wage
On a day where thousands of low-wage workers participated in a national strike, retail cleaning workers joined together through a Twin Cities workers center held a rally in support of their efforts.
The minimum wage after 75 years: Still helping workers, still opposed by Corporate America
If there are two constants in the history of the U.S. minimum wage, enacted in 1938 as part of the Fair Labor Standards Act, one is that it is critical to helping millions of workers rise out of poverty. The other is that many Republicans and businesses still oppose raising it.
Organized labor is remaking itself
Faced with huge economic pressures, declining membership due to the Great Recession and venal, vicious employers who stop at nothing – including rampant labor law-breaking, political manipulation and corporate bankruptcy – to squash workers and destroy unions, organized labor is remaking itself.
Commentary: Worker centers are key to revitalizing the labor movement
On Sept. 8, the AFL-CIO will kick off its national convention in Los Angeles. The last time it was held in L.A. was in 1999, when the AFL-CIO announced its historic declaration for a legalization program for all undocumented immigrants, increased workplace protection for immigrant workers and an end to employer sanction laws.
Coalition mobilizing for $9.50 minimum wage
Vowing that “it’s time for work to pay again,” a coalition of community, faith, labor and service organizations came together at the Minnesota State Fair to announce a campaign for a $9.50 minimum wage by 2015.
Labor Education Service announces 2013-2014 skills courses
The University of Minnesota Labor Education Service is offering six courses on “nuts & bolts” skills important to working people. The 2013-2014 schedule includes an online class, “Introduction to the Labor Movement.”