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
April 8, 2015
Machinists withdraw application for election at Delta Air Lines
WASHINGTON
Saying the action marks a temporary delay in organizing efforts, the International Association of Machinists & Aerospace Workers has withdrawn its application for an election among flight attendants at Delta Air Lines.
March 4, 2015
Target challenged to raise wages for its lowest-paid workers
MINNEAPOLIS
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.
March 2, 2015
In nod to organizing efforts, Dayton appoints Air Serv worker to MAC
BLOOMINGTON
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.
February 20, 2015
Minnesota cannabis workers win first union contract
SOUTH ST. PAUL
Labor rights in Minnesota crossed into a new frontier Friday when workers who cultivate medical cannabis ratified their first-ever union contract.
February 17, 2015
Coalition launches effort for $15 minimum wage in Minneapolis
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.
February 10, 2015
Seattle council member to headline rally for $15 wage
MINNEAPOLIS
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.
January 28, 2015
Delta absorbed Northwest – and their union. But MSP flight attendants didn’t stop fighting
BLOOMINGTON
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.
January 26, 2015
Workers successfully pressure Air Serv to provide pay stubs
BLOOMINGTON
Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport workers employed by Air Serv won a victory this week when the company agreed to provide them with paper copies of their paycheck stubs.
January 25, 2015
Union membership remained steady in 2014
WASHINGTON
Union density was 11.1 percent in 2014, the Bureau of Labor Statistics reported, down 0.2 percent from the year before. Unions added 48,000 members last year, but the workforce grew even more.
January 16, 2015
Air Serv workers protest standby scheduling at airport
BLOOMINGTON
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.
