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.
Workers organizing
Machinists withdraw application for election at Delta Air Lines
Target challenged to raise wages for its lowest-paid workers
Activists picketed outside Target Corp.’s headquarters downtown Minneapolis Tuesday, calling on CEO Brian Cornell to make raising wages for frontline workers a part of the company’s massive restructuring effort.
In nod to organizing efforts, Dayton appoints Air Serv worker to MAC
Low-wage workers at Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport now have a voice on the airport’s governing body, thanks to Minnesota Governor Mark Dayton.
Minnesota cannabis workers win first union contract
Labor rights in Minnesota crossed into a new frontier Friday when workers who cultivate medical cannabis ratified their first-ever union contract.
Coalition launches effort for $15 minimum wage in Minneapolis
More than 100 activists gathered in a Minneapolis union hall Sunday night to begin the work of raising the minimum wage within city limits to $15 per hour.
Seattle council member to headline rally for $15 wage
The Seattle City Council member who led the successful campaign for a $15-an-hour minimum wage in that city will headline a rally at the Minneapolis Labor Center on Sunday.
Delta absorbed Northwest – and their union. But MSP flight attendants didn’t stop fighting
For many of the 1,800 Delta flight attendants based at Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport, the upcoming vote to form a union is about more than wages, benefits and work rules.
Workers successfully pressure Air Serv to provide pay stubs
Union membership remained steady in 2014
Air Serv workers protest standby scheduling at airport
Air Serv’s new "standby" scheduling practices have riled Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport workers, who registered their frustrations at a rally inside Terminal 1 Thursday.