Sen. Tom Bakk, the Democratic senator turned Independent from Cook, is retiring from state politics, nearly 30 years after he was first elected to the Legislature.One of the staunchest supporters of the Iron Range, its mining and its idiosyncratic culture,…

Please contact Community Services Liaison Corey Cusick at ccusick@hlunitedway.org with any names for the Central Labor Body’s Workers Memorial Day ceremony. In the meantime, make plans to be at the pancake breakfast, free and open to the public, at the…

The Minnesota AFL-CIO’s Committee on Political Education (COPE) kicked off the Labor Federation’s “Labor 2022” political program by endorsing Governor Tim Walz, Lieutenant Governor Peggy Flanagan, Attorney General Keith Ellison, Secretary of State Steve Simon, and State Auditor Julie Blaha…

As the U.S. grapples with a shortage of workers in the warehousing industry, a new analysis from the National Employment Law Project (NELP) reveals extreme worker injury rates, high turnover, racial pay inequities, and harmful surveillance and discipline practices at…

BATTLE CREEK, Mich. (PAI)—By “an overwhelming margin,” the 1,400 Kellogg’s workers who were forced to strike on October 5, voted down a proposed contract exactly two months later, the Bakery, Confectionery and Tobacco Workers and Grain Millers (BCTGM) announced on…

The Minnesota AFL-CIO recently released its legislative report and scorecard for individual representatives and how they voted with Labor’s interest over the past term. Scores for Northeastern Minnesota representatives were strong, with some notable exceptions.According to the report, legislative priorities…

Members of Bakery Confectionary, Tobacco and Grain Millers Local 22 who work at Old Dutch are gearing up for contract talks this fall, in which they intend to push the company to ease increasingly taxing workloads.That’s the same rallying cry…

WASHINGTON (PAI)—National Labor Relations Board General Counsel Jennifer Abruzzo has told agency officials that athletes at private colleges and universities are “employees” who can organize and bargain collectively — blasting the concept of a “student-athlete.”And not only their colleges would…