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While dozens of bills attacking public employee rights and compensation await action at the state Capitol, Governor Mark Dayton stepped forward to thank the workers who provide the services in Minnesota’s public schools and communities.
Armed with new – and disturbing – evidence gathered from the front lines of hospitals across the state, Minnesota nurses introduced legislation aimed at addressing patient safety through adequate staffing levels.
The latest Job Vacancy Survey from the Minnesota Department of Employment and Economic Development shows that 161,000 unemployed Minnesotans are competing for 50,000 unfilled jobs.
Organized labor and its allies lauded Democratic President Barack Obama’s demand for corporate tax reform, but called his plan too weak.
In yet another mark of the AFL-CIO’s new emphasis on supporting low-wage workers – often those unprotected by labor law – in their campaigns to organize, AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka spent a two-day swing through California lauding car wash workers, home health care aides, domestic workers and day laborers for their success in self-organizing.
A year after the citizens’ uprising in Wisconsin, the Twin Cities Labor Chorus holds its first out-of-state performance Saturday, in Stockholm, Wis.
Parents of students in the Robbinsdale Independent School District, 281 will speak out before Tuesday\’s School Board meeting to oppose the district\’s consideration of privatizing school bus service.
University of Minnesota Professor Aaron Sojourner, an economist and faculty in the Center for Human Resources & Labor Studies, wrote a commentary in the Feb. 19th Star Tribune challenging the claims of those who would like to make Minnesota a "right to work" state.
Workers locked out of their jobs by two large companies – American Crystal Sugar and Cooper Tire & Rubber – join forces this week for a “Journey for Justice” that includes events across Minnesota.
The Minnesota Fair Trade Coalition has appointed Josh Wise as its new director to coordinate the coalition’s effort in advocating for federal trade policy that benefits all global citizens and to build support for fair trade practices in local communities.
