Barb Kucera
LATEST ARTICLES BY Barb Kucera
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Labor
Minneapolis joins growing list of $15 an hour cities
July 6, 2017Minneapolis is raising the minimum wage by popular demand and because its low-paid workers, many of them in fast food and retail, need it.
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Workers rally to back pension protection bill
May 12, 2017Sen. Bernie Sanders, Ind-Vt. who also introduced the bill, said it could save the pensions of up to 10 million workers the multi-employer plans cover.
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Minnesota unions, businesses unite against wage theft
February 22, 2017“The state needs to hold accountable businesses that steal from workers.”
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Twin Cities janitors win metro-wide union recognition
October 20, 2016The win comes after six years of rallies, lawsuits and strikes, and harassment by the managements.
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Minnesota: Allina health care intransigence forces open-ended nurses strike
September 9, 2016A veteran of many contract campaigns said the recent talks were like nothing she had ever experienced at the bargaining table.
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Exuberant after court win, Minnesota $15 campaign charts course to victory
August 24, 2016More than 100,000 Minneapolis workers - many of them women and people of color - would benefit from the $15 wage.
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Teachers’ convention celebrates history, vision for future, Clinton support
July 25, 2016Throughout its 100-year history, the AFT has been at the juncture of key social, economic and civil rights movements.
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U.S.
Teamster was one of two African-Americans shot dead
July 8, 2016Philando Castile was a Teamsters Local 320 member and nutrition services supervisor at the J.J. Hill Montessori school in St. Paul.
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