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Labor Chorus summer concert is July 26
The Twin Cities Labor Chorus plans to get loud at the library during its annual summer concert July 26, billed as a “night of song, solidarity and rediscovering the power of raising our voices...
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After successful petition drive, Minneapolis workers call for vote on $15...
15Now Minnesota supporters rallied in Minneapolis last year. Activists will deliver a petition to City Hall tomorrow with signatures from about 20,000 registered voters who support amending the city’s...
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Labor-endorsed Angrimson brings leadership, community roots to ISD 196...
If elected to the Rosemount-Apple Valley-Eagan school board in a special election Aug. 9, Craig Angrimson won’t need a crash course in the issues that matter to union members. Since exiting the U.S....
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Native pride meets union pride in Cement Masons’ training program
For their final project, participants in Local 633’s pre-apprenticeship program finish their own flat concrete slabs with attached curbs. NEW BRIGHTON – As the first trickle of mud oozed out of the...
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Small business owners voice support for sick-time ordinance in St. Paul
Ward 6 co-owner Eric Foster speaks at a press conference arranged by a coalition of businesses supporting St. Paul’s proposed sick-time ordinance. At a press conference today, small business owners...
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This summer job is a crash course in construction careers
MN Trades Academy grads Romeo Guevara (L) of Harding Senior High and Austin Fink of Open World Learning Academy level scaffolding at the Laborers Training Center in Lino Lakes. One by one Friday,...
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East Side Freedom Library plans solidarity round table Sept. 12
Join a “thoughtful discussion on solidarity” Sept. 12 at the East Side Freedom Library in St. Paul. The forum, timed to coincide loosely with Labor Day, is free and open to the public from 7 to 9 p.m....
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New report sheds light on ‘state of the unions’ in Minnesota
Co-authors of “The State of the Unions 2016,” Monica Bielski Boris (L) and Jill Manzo, appear at a State Fair press conference with MN AFL-CIO Secretary-Treasurer Julie Blaha (R). Income inequality...
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With Red Cross blood drive, striking nurses continue to care for community
Striking United Hospital nurses Jennifer Mlodzik (L) and Linda Clute give blood at a union-sponsored blood drive near their picket line. Jennifer Mlodzik of Cottage Grove was among the first in line...
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With Lowertown development, union pension fund invests in Building Trades...
Workers at 333 on the Park, a new housing development in Lowertown St. Paul, enjoy a lunch catered by the AFL-CIO Housing Investment Trust. The AFL-CIO Housing Investment Trust treated the men and...
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As strike drags on, nurses question Allina board members’ leadership
Striking nurses assemble outside Piper Jaffray’s offices in downtown Minneapolis, seeking a meeting with Allina Health board member Debbra Schoneman. The 16 members of Allina Health’s board of...
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Insurance plan trustee advises members ‘go elsewhere for care’ during Allina...
Nurses picket outside United Hospital in St. Paul, one of five Allina Health facilities where members of MNA have been on strike since Labor Day. The president of a major Minnesota union sent a letter...
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Volunteer Pipefitters keep heat on for area low-income, elderly homeowners
Local 455 volunteer Luis Parad, a service professional from NAC, checked for leaks in the radiator of a house on Carroll Avenue in St. Paul. Volunteer members of St. Paul-based Pipefitters Local 455...
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Landmark Center gallery revisits Ford plant’s final years
The Twin Cities Assembly Plant and its workers are the focus of a special photo exhibition hosted by St. Paul’s Landmark Center through Nov. 27. Curated by local author and historian Brian McMahon,...
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During break from negotiations, UFCW members provide lifesaving first aid
Members of the Prescott nursing home bargaining team: (L to R) Kim Nelson, Karen Peterson, Gayla Morrison and Jody Pederson. Four Prescott Nursing and Rehabilitation Community workers got more than...
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Unions, environmental groups brace for lame-duck fight over Trans Pacific pact
On the night of the third presidential debate, a small group of activists gathered inside a union hall in Minneapolis, but their focus was not on the outcome of the 2016 election. It was on what might...
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In North Branch, union volunteers help build home for disabled veteran’s family
A partially disabled military veteran and his family own a new home in North Branch, thanks to a little help from East Central Minnesota Habitat for Humanity and several Building Trades unions. After a...
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#NAW2016: Apprenticeship helps MN manufacturers boost skills, stay competitive
Pictured on the Hood Packaging shop floor in Arden Hills: (L to R) USW’s Gerry Parzino, Beth diGrazia, USW member and apprentice Larteng Kong, apprentice Dave Frisk, USW member and apprentice Andy...
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Union plumbers step up to keep St. Paul Schools’ water safe
Tom McCarthy (R), president of St. Paul Plumbers Local 34, received the thanks of St. Paul school board chair Jon Schumacher during the board’s Nov. 15 meeting. Union plumbers are stepping up to make...
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#NAW2016: Minnesota’s Building Trades apprentices earn paychecks while...
Heat and Frost Insulators Local 34 instructor Lee Houske drives home a point to apprentices about pipe insulation. When Joe Odell’s friends plan to go out on Friday nights, he usually takes a pass....
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