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Welcov Healthcare Refuses to Pay Workers

By Filiberto Nolasco Gomez, Workday Minnesota

Employees of the Red Wing Care Center Nursing Home found out late last week, after working a full pay period, that their employer Welcov Healthcare had filed for bankruptcy and refused to pay for work they had done

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February 16, 1918
The first issue of the Minnesota Leader, which became the newspaper for the Farmer Labor Party, was published.
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Workers organizing

Workers are organizing through unions and other organizations to improve their lives. Union representation provides a voice on the job and the opportunity to improve wages, benefits and working conditions.

Update: Minneapolis school custodians vote to join SEIU 284

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Iowa workers choose to stay union

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Labor still lacks coordinated approach to organizing the South

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Testimony at MN Capitol underscores need for stronger wage theft laws

By Howard Kling, Workday Minnesota
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Workers and business owners highlighted the need for stronger wage theft laws at the Minnesota Capitol on February 6. The hearing before the Minnesota House Labor Committee was the first stop for HF6, a bipartisan bill that would set rules and penalties for employers who fail to pay wages earned by their employees.

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February 7, 2019
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The Fight Against Labor Trafficking Expands

By Filiberto Nolasco Gomez, Workday Minnesota
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Momentum is building in Minneapolis and throughout Minnesota to challenge labor trafficking and its root causes.

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February 6, 2019
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COMMENTARY: Hotel workers union is organizing to win real changes in 2019

By Uriel Perez Espinoza, Minneapolis Labor Review
MINNEAPOLIS

Local 17’s new leadership is eager to go back to our roots: Organize, organize and organize! We are not reinventing the wheel; we just heard our members’ needs and we want to help them take their issues to the negotiating table.

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February 4, 2019
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Report: Need for Paid Family Leave Greatest for Rural Minnesotans

By Roz Brown, Public News Service
ST. PAUL

As legislators at the Minnesota State Capitol debate a paid family and medical leave policy, a new report from the University of Minnesota says the state's rural residents face the greatest need for this type of benefit. 

Worker Power
January 31, 2019
Home Care Workers are Fighting to address the 'Care Crisis'

SEIU Home Care Workers Announce Tentative Agreement With State of Minnesota

By Filiberto Nolasco Gomez, Workday Minnesota
ST. PAUL

Late Monday night the home care workers of SEIU Healthcare Minnesota reached a Tentative Agreement (TA) with the state of Minnesota for their third union contract, a two-year contract that would begin in July of 2019.

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January 30, 2019
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Negotiations with the Board of Public Defense will be About More Than Pay

By Filiberto Nolasco Gomez, Workday Minnesota
MINNEAPOLIS

The contract negotiations won't simply about pay but rather improving and preserving the constitutional rights of those that can’t afford an attorney. Rights are being violated when staffing is at a low level.

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