Workers

Findings Mixed In Iron Range Lung Cancer Study

University of Minnesota researchers say taconite workers face an increased risk of a rare form of lung cancer, and it’s higher the longer they’re on the job. But they can’t say for certain if dust from the state’s iron mining and processing operations causes it.

2013/04/12

Local Janitor/Security Union Gives Go-Ahead To Strike

The SEIU Local 26 voted unanimously on Saturday afternoon to give their negotiators the power to strike. Thousands of workers who clean and protect building across the Twin Cities are ready to walk off the job.

2013/02/09

Workers Brave The Extreme Cold In The Twin Cities

It’s by far the coldest day of the season and it’s only a taste of what we can expect this week.

2013/01/21

Iowa Court: Bosses Can Fire ‘Irresistible’ Workers

A dentist acted legally when he fired an assistant that he found attractive simply because he and his wife viewed the woman as a threat to their marriage, the all-male Iowa Supreme Court ruled Friday.

2012/12/21

Locked-Out Crystal Sugar Workers Hold 4th Vote

Their ranks thinned by a 16-month lockout, American Crystal Sugar Co. workers were voting Saturday on whether to accept a contract they have rejected three times previously.

2012/12/01

Roof Collapses, Traps 2 Workers Inside Building

Two workers were trapped inside the old Dodge Center Maintenance Building when the roof collapsed Tuesday afternoon.

2012/11/20

Target Not Backing Down On Thanksgiving, Despite Petition

Target is not backing down from its decision to open at 9 p.m. on Thanksgiving night, despite the opposition of some 340,000 people who signed an online petition.

2012/11/19

Badger Foundry Workers On Strike

About 150 workers at a Winona foundry are on strike and are picketing their employer.

2012/09/21

Business Owners Say ‘Thank You’ To LRT Workers

The “Central Corridor” is an 11-mile line that will link downtown St. Paul with downtown Minneapolis by 2014. It should be 75 percent complete by the end of this year.

2012/09/10

Unions Face Declining Membership, Education Void

As Americans celebrate Labor Day, labor unions are facing a steadily declining membership. In 2011, the number of Minnesota workers belonging to a union was 371,000, representing 15.1 percent of the state’s wage and salary workers.

2012/09/03

State Capitol, Right to Work bill, Unions

Thousands Of Union Workers Rally Against ‘Right To Work’

More than a thousand union workers will rally at the State Capitol Tuesday for what appears to be a victory celebration.

2012/03/27

As Ford Plant Waned, Many Workers Slow To Prepare

Ford announced it would close its St. Paul assembly plant in 2006, but when the fateful day arrived last month, many of the 800 workers there still didn’t have a plan for their next job.

2012/01/01