Barb Kucera

Barb Kucera was editor of Workday Minnesota. She served for 6 years as director of the Labor Education Service, which publishes Workday. Kucera has degrees in journalism and industrial relations and a background in communications, including as editor of The Union Advocate. She is an associate member of the Minnesota Newspaper and Communications Guild/CWA Local 37002.

LATEST ARTICLES BY Barb Kucera

U.S.

Commentary: Time to get to work, Al!
July 2, 2009 By Barb Kucera
MINNEAPOLIS - During the campaign, Minnesota’s newest U.S. Senator, Al Franken, said he would be an elected official in the tradition of the man who once held his seat, the late Paul Wellstone. It’s a commitment...
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Labor

Twin Cities Walmart workers launch organizing drive
June 11, 2009 By Barb Kucera
ST. PAUL - Hodan Hassan would like to have health insurance for herself and her family. Leontez Slaughter worries about safety on the job. Denise Spittler is tired of being told she can quit if she...
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Labor

Recession brings new challenges for injured workers, attorney says
May 25, 2009 By Barb Kucera
BRAINERD - The current economic crisis poses special challenges for injured workers, who may feel reluctant to report injuries they’ve incurred on the job, a noted workers’ compensation attorney says. “There’s a lot of fear in...
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Labor

Thousands take back Labor Day at festival during GOP convention
September 10, 2008 By Barb Kucera
Many of the thousands of young people gathered at Harriet Island in the Mississippi River in St. Paul, Minn., on Sept. 1 probably never heard of folk musician Woody Guthrie or labor organizer Joe Hill, but...
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Labor

Another Unionist In Minnesota Legislature Gives Dems Super-Majority vs. GOP Gov.
January 12, 2008 By Barb Kucera
NORTHFIELD, Minn. (PAI)--Add another unionist to the large ranks of them in the Minnesota legislature. And the election of Democrat Kevin Dahle to a state senate seat from Northfield is special: It shifted the balance of...
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Other

Illegal immigrants, or undocumented ones?
January 11, 2008 By Barb Kucera
Minneapolis artist Ricardo Levins has a bumper sticker that reads, “An injury to Juan is an injury to Al.” In a lighthearted way, that twist on the classic labor motto captures the meaning behind a resolution...
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Labor

Ford workers call for green jobs
March 2, 2007 By Barb Kucera
ST. PAUL, Minn. (PAI) — Minnesota’s United Auto Workers are taking their fight to save jobs at the St. Paul Ford plant to the state Capitol, where proposed legislation would require the company to maintain the...
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Labor

Union members discuss how to save the planet
February 2, 2007 By Barb Kucera
ST. PAUL, Minn. (PAI) — Saying the future of the planet is at stake, union members and their allies gathered at a Labor and Sustainability Conference here Jan. 19-20 to discuss strategies to address the climate...
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