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Wage hike shows what’s possible when workers join together, think big
Working people celebrated at City Hall as Mayor Melvin Carter signed St. Paul’s new $15 minimum wage ordinance Nov. 14. Six years ago, when fast food workers in New York and, later, cities across the...
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Magler retires from St. Paul Pipefitters’ top office
Tony Poole (L) will succeed Rick Magler as business manager of Pipefitters Local 455. Magler shows off a box-elder bowl carved by a neighbor to celebrate his retirement. Rick Magler, business manager...
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Workers steal the show in TPT’s new Ford plant film
The Twin Cities Assembly Plant in Highland Park is gone, but the stories of people who worked there live on in a new, hour-long documentary airing on Twin Cities PBS stations next week. In “Made in St....
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Elevator Constructors, Sportsmen’s Alliance team up to get kids hooked on ice...
Five-year-old Waylon Lee (R) and his brother Kelar, 8, try ice fishing for the first time during IUEC Local 9’s youth event on Coon Lake in Columbus. COLUMBUS – Josh and Jen Atkinson moved their family...
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Union volunteers introduce youth to ice fishing
Volunteer Mike Rodger (center) of Cement Masons Local 633 shared ice fishing tactics with a pair of young participants. (submitted photo) Elevator Constructors Local 9 and the Union Sportsmen’s...
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Union-led coalition takes on proposed hospital cuts
A Bethesda Hospital nurses speaks out at a town hall meeting hosted by her union. Alarmed by the news Fairview Health is considering drastic cuts to two St. Paul hospitals, health care workers,...
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SPFE sets strike vote, parent info session
SPFE members and community supporters rallied last month in support of the union’s contract campaign. Members of the St. Paul Federation of Educators representing over 3,600 teachers, educational...
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Trades celebrate Women Build Success awards
Pictured after the Women Build Success awards ceremony are (L to R) Megan Ringwelski, Nancy Leppink, Peggy Flanagan, Amy Peterson, Clara Schiller, Connie Smallman, Rachel Malmer and Derra Range. Union...
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Ordway offers union-member discount on tickets to Sting’s ‘The Last Ship’
Union members can get steeply discounted tickets to see Sting’s Broadway musical, “The Last Ship,” at the Ordway in St. Paul next month. “The Last Ship” tells the story of Gideon, a prodigal son...
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Resources for workers impacted by COVID-19 response
Efforts to halt the spread of COVID-19 are creating immediate economic hardship for many working families. Minnesota employers slashed payrolls after Gov. Tim Walz issued emergency orders...
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Workers Memorial Day: Walz issues proclamation, unions plan remote observance
St. Paul and Minneapolis Building Trades unions’ Workers Memorial Day observances on the State Capitol grounds, have been canceled this year due to COVID-19. (file photo) Today is Workers Memorial Day,...
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Unions move quickly to keep tradespeople safe on jobsites
St. Paul Pipefitters Local 455 delivered gang boxes filled with cleaning supplies and protective gear – and, yes, toilet paper – to its larger job sites last month. Smaller sites received supplies as...
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Unions hold vigil for workers exposed to COVID-19
Lisa Weed of SEIU Healthcare Minnesota speaks at a vigil on the Capitol steps. Social distancing behind her are (L to R) UFCW Local 663’s Paul Crandall, the Firefighters’ Chris Parsons, MN AFL-CIO’s...
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More than a building, a building block on city’s East Side
By John Crea, Special to The Union Advocate In Greg Gaut’s “Reinventing the People’s Library,” we find a nicely woven story about a place, a people and a public space. The place is the east side of...
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MN nurses union backs mask mandate
The Minnesota Nurses Association is urging state and local lawmakers to make face coverings mandatory in public places, calling it a “necessary measure to protect the public and stave off a resurgence...
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In meeting with Smith, postal employees pledge to ‘go the extra mile’ to...
Tina Smith meets with postal employees outside the Eagan distribution center. As U.S. Sen. Tina Smith met with postal workers, letter carriers and reporters outside the sprawling mail distribution...
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No picnics, no parades, but Freedom Library will mark Labor Day with virtual...
Workers at Amazon’s Shakopee facility went on strike in July 2019. The East Side Freedom Library in St. Paul will celebrate Labor Day early and online this year, with a virtual discussion about worker...
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As new school year draws near, unions push districts for answers
Members of the White Bear Lake Area Educators rally before a school board meeting, urging the district to delay its plan to return to in-person classes. As school districts across Minnesota prepare for...
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A ‘prime opportunity’ for workers, communities to take on Amazon
Workers at Amazon’s Shakopee facility went on strike in July 2019. By Kristi Wright and Peter Rachleff, East Side Freedom Library Half a year into the COVID-19 pandemic, more than 190,000 Americans...
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Victory at MSP, as workers win $15 after long campaign
MSP Airport workers march outside Terminal 1 during a 2018 demonstration in support of a $15 airport-wide minimum wage. The working people who keep Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport running,...
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