Labor
Former Agriprocessors manager found guilty on 86 counts
A Sioux Falls, So. Dak., jury returned to the courtroom late Thursday afternoon and found former Agriprocessors manager Sholom M.MORE »
NEWS DAY | MN unemployment edges up to 7.6 percent
Minnesota's unemployment rose to 7.6 percent in October, the Department of Employment and Economic Development (DEED) reported this morning.MORE »
OPINION | When it comes to Employee Free Choice, some don't let the truth get in the way
Recently, I overheard a conversation between two ostensibly pro-union people discussing the Employee Free Choice Act. One of them kept insisting that the problem with the Free Choice Act was that it would abolish secret ballots. "You can't get rid of secret ballots!" He argued. "It's un-American!"MORE »
Building on historic tradition, IWW opens Minneapolis office
In 1905, William Bradley and Fred Henion, two railroad workers from Northeast Minneapolis, attended a conference in Chicago that led to the founding of the Industrial Workers of the World. Now, more than a century later, the IWW has opened an office steps away from where Bradley and Henion used to work. The new space, located at 79 13th Ave.MORE »
Retired sheet metal worker tells unique story of the "Greatest Generation"
At age 91, retired Sheet Metal Workers Local 34 member Butch Kumagai qualifies as a member of the "the Greatest Generation" - the name journalist Tom Brokaw gave to the generation which grew up during the Great Depression, fought in World War II, and then built post-war America. Kumagai's story is that of a man who was in turn farmer, soldier, and a union sheet metal worker.MORE »
College isn't the only option for finding a good job
When Xaye Thao-Pha started changing oil as an intern for Alexander's Imports in Minneapolis when he was 18, he was already pretty certain about his future career.MORE »
OPINION | Minnesota’s economy may be on the road to recovery, but where are the jobs?
The Dow Jones Industrial Average has flirted with 10,000 points. U.S. manufacturing, exports and home sales are showing signs of life. The economy is growing again, but it's failing by one critical measure: jobs. It's being billed as the jobless recovery, and it isn't sparing Minnesota workers.MORE »
Minneapolis approves affirmative action plan
Three weeks ago, the City Council approved a new Affirmative Action Plan for the City of Minneapolis. This is an effort to face the new reality of the civilian labor force, where 31.7% of it is comprised of women and 21.6% are people of color. KFAI's Paulina Yanez spoke to Pam French, Director of Human Resources for the city of Minneapolis, about the plan.
NEWS DAY | Strib cuts 100
The Star Tribune will cut 100 jobs, including 30 in its 290-person news room, it announced yesterday. The 70 non-news-room jobs will be gone by the end of the year, while the 30 news room jobs “may take a little longer.”MORE »
NEWS DAY | Harder being unemployed
Yep, AP reports that it’s a lot harder to be unemployed today than it was in the 1980s, the last time that unemployment hit 10 percent. Why?MORE »
