From federal agencies like the National Labor Relations Board to lawmakers in Washington and state capitals, government at all levels makes decisions that affect workers' lives. Throughout U.S. history, employers have attempted to use government as a tool against workers, while unions have mobilized their members on behalf of many significant improvements, including abolition of child labor and passage of minimum wage, workplace safety, overtime pay, Social Security, health care and many other laws.
With the Trump administration's trade war with China showing no signs of letting up, new analysis by the Economic Policy Institute(link is external) says Minnesota workers have lost 88,000 jobs since China entered the World Trade Organization in 2001.
“People will tell you, ‘I’m not into politics,’” Walz said. “You tell them too damn bad because politics is into you."
FRONTLINE has done an exhaustive investigation into the role that state governments and Wall Street have to privatize public pensions resulting in a "multi-trillion-dollar hole."
The Minneapolis Regional Retiree Council hosted a candidate forum focused on debt and its debilitating impacts.
At the rally, they stood together in support of the proposed ordinance, unveiled a week earlier by Mayor Carter.
While the nation was focused on Brett Kavanaugh’s contentious confirmation process, the Supreme Court began hearing arguments in New Prime Inc. v. Oliveira, a major labor case that could impact thousands of workers throughout the country.
South Dakota teachers no longer earn the lowest salaries in the nation, but a new report(link is external) says that without vigilance, the progress could reverse itself and make it more difficult to retain good educators.
Deb Howze fought hard to get a union. Now, the home care worker from Minneapolis is fighting to stop politicians like Doug Wardlow from taking it away.
Hennepin County Attorney Mike Freeman announces labor trafficking charge against contractor Ricardo Batres. It is one of the first times a labor trafficking charge has been brought in Minnesota.
A trio of new research studies shows that more people are joining unions in Minnesota and that wages in the Gopher State are growing faster than the neighboring states of Illinois and Wisconsin, as well as in the rest of the United States
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.
Labor still lacks coordinated approach to organizing the South