Labor
House passes prevention of state-deducted childcare dues
The House passed a bill that would prevent union deductions from state child care assistance payments.MORE »
CWA president: Restore democracy, and economic justice will follow
Speaking to hundreds of progressive activists in St. Paul on Saturday, the highest-ranking officer of the Communications Workers of America outlined an aggressive vision for building “a grassroots movement for democracy like we’ve never seen in this country.”MORE »
"Slavery by another name" airing on PBS
On Monday, February 13th, PBS stations will air a 90 minute documentary called “Slavery By Another Name”, based on a book by journalist Douglas Blackmon.MORE »
Mpls Park Board says 'climate' change is underway
Since the MSR’s January 4 article “Black employees call Minneapolis Park Board a ‘toxic workplace,’” Minneapolis Park and Recreation Board (MPRB) officials say they have already undertaken significant changes to the organization’s “internal climate” and there is more to come as “we…acknowledge and address our shortcomings.” Some workers fear the changes will be superficial and fail to go MORE »
OPINION | The fewer rights act
In the war of words, progressives are not doing well. Conservative activists hold the rhetorical upper hand, obfuscating their policies’ true intent and making community- stabilizing and family- strengthening achievements an up-hill slog. Why? Because we’re trying to refute their ideas with their language.MORE »
Graph of the day: What's up (and down) in MN?
The recent report that the national unemployment rate fell to 8.3% in January garnered all kinds of positive headlines. Minnesota's been in better shape than that for a while now; although January numbers for the state haven't been processed yet, our unemployment rate in December was 5.7%.MORE »
State Rep.Bill: teacher evals overrule seniority in K-12 schools
A proposed bill in the state Legislature could drastically change how schools make staffing decisions in tough times by leveling the playing field for new teachers.MORE »
OPINION | Respect your graduate student worker
Since 1991, graduate student workers at the University of Minnesota have tried to organize a union three times. Due to persistent problems, they are now trying for a fourth time.MORE »
Minneapolis Somali youth talks jobs with President Obama
Hashim Yonis was born in Somalia. He and his family were forced to flee his native land and live in refugee camps in Ethiopia and Kenya because of a civil war when he was young. He eventually wound up in Minnesota, where he attended middle school, high school and college.MORE »
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