Labor

ACORN, union join forces to seek fair treatment of Target workers

By Michael Moore, Workday Minnesota
When Super Target opens along University Avenue in St. Paul's Midway neighborhood July 29, the store's retail employees likely will not have union representation.MORE »

Hard-hatted woman

By Pamela Henrickson, Minnesota Women's Press
When Susan Denk was in college, her parents demanded that she get a summer job.MORE »

'Push week' for state contract talks

By Workday Minnesota
Some 30,000 state employees are mobilizing as contract talks between unions and the state of Minnesota reach a critical stage.

AFSCME Council 5, representing 19,000 state workers in a variety of jo

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My wild passion

By Chris Heeter, Minnesota Women's Press
Finding your passion at a young age can be a blessing and a curse. I knew by age 19 that I wanted to guide women's wilderness trips.MORE »

Window cleaners seek union representation

By Staff, Workday Minnesota

MGS workers and supporters gathered as a group to send the message they want union representation.

Workers who hang from skyscrapers, cleaning windows on some of the area's largest and tallest buildings, are seeking union representation.MORE »

U staff fight for salary increases

By Mitch Anderson, Minnesota Daily
With their current contracts set to expire and negotiations looming, University staff members voiced concerns to the Board of Regents last Wednesday.

The regents held a public forum on University P

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The labor review’s fourth decade: Fighting fascism at home and abroad

By Steve Share, Minneapolis Labor Review
“Vigilantes Aimed at Unions” blared the page one Labor Review headline April 9, 1937.MORE »

Organizing efforts build at Jennie-O, after company cited for unfair practices

By Workday Minnesota

The "union Jennies" - Jennifer Christensen (left) and Jenny Shegos, both of UFCW Local 789 -- distributed leaflets to workers outside the Jennie-O plant in Faribault.

The NLRB regional office has filed an unfair labor practice complaint against the turkey processor for actions taken at its Faribault plant.MORE »

Workers' stories show need for labor law reform

By Barb Kucera, Workday Minnesota

Registered nurse Gayle Wilson says the system doesn't work for nurses who want ot organize to improve their workplaces. Looking on are St. Paul Trades & Labor Assembly President Shar Knutson and Marcy Shapiro of Jewish Community Action.

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At a forum Thursday night, Regions Hospital nurses and other workers described the roadblocks they've faced in organizing to improve their workplaces.MORE »

Officials pledge ‘dramatic’ minority inclusion in Gophers stadium construction

By Charles Hallman, Minnesota Spokesman-Recorder

M.A Mortenson Construction Community Affairs Director Lynn Littlejohn
By Emmett Timmons

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Construction of the new University of Minnesota Gophers stadium is expected to begin July 2 this summer.MORE »
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