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AFT calls on educators, families to avoid Target during back-to-school season
As back-to-school shopping season ramps up, the American Federation of Teachers is urging educators and families nationwide to stock up on supplies someplace other than Target. The union’s “Shop Smart,...
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Target Field workers ready to strike in push for $20 minimum wage
Devante Boyd is a food runner and member of Local 17’s bargaining team. Concessions and other hospitality workers at Target Field have voted to authorize their bargaining team to call a strike, a...
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Boycott of REI’s anniversary sale begins today
Over 70,000 REI Co-op members have pledged to boycott the outdoors retailer’s anniversary sale, which runs today through May 25, in a show of solidarity with workers at 11 unionized stores across the...
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Workers lead push for community guarantees before potential Allina, North...
Health care workers line the entrance to a public hearing in St. Paul on the proposed Sutter-Allina sale. Unionized healthcare workers are leading a campaign to secure binding commitments from two...
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Union volunteers welcome America’s labor movement to Minnesota
Volunteers staffing the welcome booth on Day 1 of the convention include (L to R) Megan Lockhart (Painters Local 61), Mary Sansom, Hana Yoshida (SEIU Healthcare) and Miriam Wynn. Local union volunteers...
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AFL-CIO convention spotlights strength, solidarity of Minnesota’s labor movement
Minnesotans who joined the solidarity efforts during Operation Metro Surge take the stage on Day 1 of the convention. (AFL-CIO photo) Union leaders and activists from across the U.S. are gathering in...
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Lawmakers take up educators’ call for new insurance pool
Rep. Liz Reyer of Eagan joins members of Education Minnesota at a Capitol press conference about the Educator Group Insurance Program. House and Senate authors of a statewide health insurance pool for...
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Detained Guild member’s son attends SOTU as Omar’s guest
Union member Eustaquio Orozco Verdusco with his godsons. (submitted photo) The Trump administration’s chaotic, violent surge of immigration-enforcement activity in Minnesota this winter has upended...
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Workers call on Fairview, other health systems to adopt best practices for...
Dr. Kaitlin McLean offers a message to community members who have been avoiding health care facilities: “We want you to get the care you need. We are here asking the hospital to support us in caring...
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Building Trades notch win for prevailing wage in West St. Paul
photo courtesy IBEW 110 By mobilizing their members and tapping solidarity from the local labor movement, Building Trades unions won an unexpected fight over prevailing wage in West St. Paul last year....
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New state grants support suicide prevention in construction industry
Text or call 988 to find judgment-free support for mental health, substance use, and more. Or chat with someone at 988lifeline.org. The Minnesota Department of Labor and Industry awarded new grant...
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Poll finds ‘staggering’ support among Minnesotans for massive ICE protest
Thousands march through downtown Minneapolis during the labor-endorsed “Day of Truth and Freedom.” Faith, labor and nonprofit groups behind the massive “ICE Out of MN” day of action Jan. 23 released...
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MSP Airport unions lead march on ICE terminal as labor shows solidarity with...
Local 17 organizer Geof Paquette speaks to the crowd of activists outside Signature’s terminal at MSP. One day after the Trump administration announced it would target the local Somali community with...
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Families, educators, food shelves brace for SNAP cutoff: ‘This is a policy...
Matteo Halbesleben speaks at a press conference outside a St. Paul food shelf. Matteo Halbesleben of Minneapolis is among 42 million people nationwide, including 440,000 in Minnesota, who will see food...
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Ramsey County workers fight to save detox services: ‘It’s life or death’
Community members rally outside the Ramsey County Detox Center. Workers and community members staged a demonstration outside the Ramsey County Detoxification Center in St. Paul on Tuesday, protesting...
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Pipefitters turn out for union’s annual Heat’s On service day
Elected officials and labor leaders join union members for a group photo after the Heat’s On 2025 welcome breakfast. Local Pipefitters unions kick off their Heat’s On service day each year with a...
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LIUNA summit digs into Minnesota’s infrastructure outlook
State Sen. Erin Murphy accepts an Infrastructure Champion award from LIUNA Local 563 Business Manager Joe Fowler (L) and LIUNA Minnesota and North Dakota President Joel Smith. Advocates for public...
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Unions join coalition pushing ‘yes’ vote on administrative citations in St. Paul
Representatives of labor, faith and community organizations participating in the Vote Yes for a Fairer St. Paul coalition hold a kickoff event outside City Hall. St. Paul unions are teaming up with...
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For Macalester staff, union drive gained urgency after Nov. 5
Macalester staff members celebrate their successful organizing drive. (MAPE photo) Macalester College staff members voted to unionize this summer in an organizing drive that gained urgency after the...
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MN nurses make contract gains despite headwinds
Nurses picket outside United and Children’s hospitals in St. Paul during their 2025 contract campaign. Members of the Minnesota Nurses Association who work at 11 hospitals in the Twin Cities area voted...
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