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

Labor

Airport screeners seek more staff, better treatment
June 16, 2016 By Barb Kucera
In the last five years, 100 million more passengers are flying, but the number of screeners has not kept up.
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Labor

Coalition forms to combat wage theft in Minnesota
June 8, 2016 By Barb Kucera
The new wage theft coalition will focus on identifying and implementing solutions.
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Labor

Unions keep up pressure on Verizon
May 16, 2016 By Barb Kucera
As support spreads nationwide for the 39,000 striking Verizon workers, CWA reveals the company has a massive offshoring operation in the Philippines.
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Labor

Immigrant bus drivers allege racial discrimination, labor law violations
April 28, 2016 By Barb Kucera
Somali and Oromo bus drivers have filed charges against two Twin Cities bus companies.
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Labor

Labor movement vows to challenge bigotry, bridge racial divisions
April 15, 2016 By Barb Kucera
With the country facing serious questions of racial justice, the labor movement hopes to foster dialogue and solidarity.
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U.S.

Minnesota private prison debate raises issues of race, justice
March 30, 2016 By PAI And Barb Kucera
Issues of race, poverty, and justice bubbled to the surface in an emotional hearing in late March.
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Labor

Minnesotans lose millions through rampant wage theft
March 3, 2016 By Joey Getty And Barb Kucera
An investigation by Workday Minnesota found wage theft in Minnesota is larger and more widespread than most people realize - and the problem is growing.
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Labor

Campaign exposes widespread abuses of poultry industry workers
November 5, 2015 By PAI And Barb Kucera
Poultry workers in the United States suffer high rates of injury, earn poverty level wages and work in a climate of fear.
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