CENTER CITY, Minn. — After a hard-fought, monthslong strike, some 170 Government Services Professionals and Human Services workers, members of Teamsters Local 320, ratified a new three-year contract with Chisago County Commissioners here Aug. 28. “The agreement addresses two main…
CENTER CITY, Minn. — Members of the Minnesota Nurses Association secured their first contract at the Hazelden Betty Ford Rehab clinic here, after over a year of negotiations and a two-week strike that ended July 30. “Great news! We have…
EAGAN, Minn. — As part of nationwide actions sponsored by the American Postal Workers Union, some 40 people picketed and rallied outside the Postal Service Distribution Center here July 28. This was a joint protest organized by the APWU locals…
CENTER CITY, Minn. — Some 60 nurses in their red Minnesota Nurses Association shirts came out in 90 degree heat to march and rally on a highway outside the Hazelden Betty Ford Foundation July 15. John Ewaldt, the union negotiator,…
CENTER CITY, Minn. — Some 170 workers in Chisago County Health and Human Services and its government center have been on strike since May in a fight over wages and health insurance. “The county healthcare plan has a family deductible…
CENTER CITY, Minn. — Chanting, “What do we want? A contract! When do want it? Now!” striking Chisago County workers, members of Teamsters Local 320, marched in front of the Government Center here May 5. The strike began May 1.…
ROSEVILLE, Minn. — Some 300 nursing home workers here, members of SEIU Healthcare Minnesota and Iowa, went on a three-day strike April 20-22 at five Monarch Healthcare Management facilities in the Twin Cities area. The action included a rally April…
MINNEAPOLIS — The Socialist Workers Party here publicly launched the 2026 campaign of Kevin Dwire for U.S. Senate from Minnesota March 1. Mary Martin, who chaired the meeting, welcomed the 23 people in attendance and reported on the campaign to…
MINNEAPOLIS — Hundreds gathered in South Minneapolis Feb. 16 for a march and rally sponsored by the Minnesota AFL-CIO to protest the Immigration and Customs Enforcement and border control agencies’ ongoing arrests and brutality here. Speakers urged people to keep…
MINNEAPOLIS — Despite the government’s “drawdown” removing 700 U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents, 2,000 of them remain in Minnesota. They’re conducting raids and arrests of immigrant workers and increasingly of protesters who obstruct their operations. At the same time,…
