Rail workers ratify national contract
United Transportation Union members have ratified a new national rail contract that includes a 17 percent wage increase over the next five years and improvements in health care, the union said.
Star Tribune workers approve contract extension
Members of the Minnesota Newspaper Guild’s Star Tribune unit have voted to approve an 18-month contract extension, continuing a pay freeze.
Policy
Analysis: New era for labor political activism?
Scott Walker, says AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka, has become labor’s Organizer of the Year, completely inadvertently.
Community
Unions to celebrate Labor Day with picnics, parades
Labor organizations across Minnesota will celebrate the Labor Day holiday with events in many communities, starting on Sunday.
Satirical bake sale asks banks to spare schools millions in interest
More than 30 parents, children and school staff held a “million dollar-a-cookie bake sale” in front of Wells Fargo’s downtown Minneapolis offices Thursday.
Policy
Minnesotan speaks at Washington news conference on jobs crisis
Leann Bosquez of Maple Grove was one of four workers from around the country who spoke at a Washington, D.C., news conference calling on elected officials to take action to create jobs.
NLRB issues three wide-ranging decisions
The National Labor Relations Board closed the month of August, its last under Chair Wilma Liebman, with three wide-ranging rulings.
Policy
Communications Workers defend merger of AT&T and T-Mobile
The Communications Workers are defending the proposed merger of T-Mobile into AT&T after the Obama administration’s Justice Department formally sued in court to stop it.
Policy
Nurses plan actions Sept. 1 to call for tax on Wall Street
Nurses will demonstrate in Minnesota and across the nation Thursday to support a tax on Wall Street financial speculation and provide revenue needed for health care, housing and job creation.
Organizing
Teamsters add 1,000 members at UPS Freight
The Teamsters used card-check recognition, as agreed upon with the company, to add almost 1,000 clerical workers at five UPS Freight terminals around the country, the union said on Aug. 24. Campaigns continue at another 80 terminals, it added.