Minnesota Nurses Association President Mary C. Turner has been selected to serve on the national Biden-Harris COVID-19 Health Equity Task Force. Turner is the only Registered Nurse to serve on this advisory board to advise the White House on how…
By Amie Stager and Michael MooreAs picketing at the refinery in this small, suburban community entered a third week, members of Teamsters Local 120 and Gov. Tim Walz ratcheted up the pressure on Marathon earlier this month with a rally…
BESSEMER, Ala. (PAI)—Overcoming one final company-crafted hurdle, almost 6,000 workers—most of them Black in a 70% Black city—at the Amazon warehouse in Bessemer, Ala., started mail voting on Feb. 8 on whether to unionize.Final results of the balloting, on whether…
AFSCME 5 and Education Minnesota prevailed in federal court last week after a judge ruled that they do not have to retroactively return so-called “fair share” dues under the Janus decision.U.S. District Court Judge Susan Nelson dismissed the three cases.…
Operations and maintenance workers at Marathon Petroleum’s refinery in St. Paul Park went on strike late last month — and were rebuffed when they offered to go back to work.Members of Teamsters Local 120 say they are taking a stand…
Discussion at the Duluth Central Labor Body meeting in Duluth led to the proposal of making a statement supporting Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz in his efforts to help the state get a handle on the Covid-19 pandemic and its economic, public…
The next Duluth CLB meeting will start at 6:30 p.m. on Thursday, Feb. 11. It will be held online via Zoom. Contact Beth McCuskeyfor login information, 218-391-7363.
Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz released his budget proposal early last week, and unions and allies responded with a flurry of statements.“Gov. Walz’s budget proposal is a bold plan that invests in priorities to help working people recover from the COVID-19…
“Acute moral distress is widespread among nurses caring for Covid-19 patients and they are at significant risk of moral injury,” according to “Deadly Shame: Redressing the Devaluation of Registered Nurse Labor Through Pandemic Equity,” a new white paper by National…
With the state reeling from the health and economic impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic, the 2021 session of the Minnesota legislature is set to convene January 5 and adjourn by May 17.This comes on the heels of yet another special…