Minnesota

Twin Cities janitors’ fight yields first union contract

February 28, 2017 By Workday Minnesota

It took many strikes, but janitors win industry-wide pact.

Organizations challenge plans to cut health care for 2.4 million Minnesotans

January 13, 2017 By Workday Minnesota

Minnesota could lose $16.4 billion in federal funding with the repeal of the Affordable Care Act.

Minnesota wolves hounded as hunting licenses increase

October 24, 2014 By Blake Skylar

At a time when wolves are only just starting to make a comeback in some states, these actions have fueled a climate of concern and outrage.

New grassroots movements show: Never count out working people

August 29, 2014 By Rep. Keith Ellison

Their request is a simple one: A $15 an hour minimum wage and the right to organize a union.

Protesting poverty wages lands them in jail

December 3, 2013 By Matthew Voges

At the intersection of Snelling and University Avenues in St. Paul, Minnesota, 26 were arrested on Black Friday afternoon, Nov. 29, for protesting poverty wages.