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Esme’s Blog: A Gift For Unions?
By Esme Murphy, WCCO-TV For years union membership has been on the decline. In the mid 1940s 36 percent of American workers were union members. In 2007 the figure was just over 12 percent. Now comes...
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Wisconsin Unions Rush To Get Deals In Place
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — School boards and local governments across Wisconsin are rushing to reach agreements with unions before a new law takes effect and erases their ability to collectively bargain over...
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Judge Blocks Contentious Wisconsin Union Law
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — A Wisconsin judge on Friday temporarily blocked the state’s new and contentious collective bargaining law from taking effect, raising the possibility that the Legislature may have...
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Wis. Appeals Court Rejects DOJ Request In Union Case
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — A state Justice Department attorney tells a judge a district attorney hasn’t properly brought a lawsuit challenging the state’s contentious collective bargaining law. Dane County...
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Wis. Judge To Look At How Union Law Was Passed
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Having declared that Wisconsin’s divisive union law isn’t really a law yet, a judge was set to return to one of the underlying questions dogging the measure — whether Republicans...
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1,300 Workers Locked Out At American Crystal Sugar
MOORHEAD, Minn. (AP) — About 1,300 union workers at seven American Crystal Sugar plants found themselves locked out of their jobs Monday, sitting outside company gates as a contract battle centered...
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Labor Unions Adjust To New Reality Under Obama
WASHINGTON (AP) – In the early days of the Obama administration, organized labor had grand visions of pushing through a sweeping agenda that would help boost sagging membership and help revive union...
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On Labor Day, Unions Struggle With Decline
MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) — On a day meant to celebrate working men and women, Minnesota union leaders have acknowledged the fact that tough times are ahead. When it comes to unions, the numbers say an awful...
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Daycare And Unions
Doug Grow will join Chad Wednesday to talk about this article that he put together on the topic of unionizing daycare workers.
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Strike That Could Stop Northstar Line Temporarily Averted
MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) — A possible strike that could put a halt to the Northstar Commuter train has been averted for now. President Barack Obama appointed a board on Thursday to review a dispute between...
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Legislators Hold Hearing On Unionizing Child Care
WAITE PARK, Minn. (AP) – Legislators heard from both opponents and supporters of unionizing in-home child care during a House committee hearing in Waite Park Monday night. Proponents say a union would...
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Minn. Legislature Examines Child-Care Union Push
ST. PAUL, Minn. (WCCO) – The Minnesota Bureau of Mediation Services (BMS) will send out child care union ballots on Dec. 7, but critics say there are too many questions, and too little time, to hold...
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Dayton Urges Crystal, Union To Resume Talks
GRAND FORKS, N.D. (AP) – Minnesota Gov. Mark Dayton is urging American Crystal Sugar Co. and its locked-out factory workers to get back to the bargaining table. Dayton said in a statement posted on his...
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Day Care Providers Sue Over Union Vote
ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) – A group of child care workers backed by a coalition of conservative-leaning groups filed a lawsuit Monday aimed at blocking a unionization election for some home-based...
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Dayton Defers Next Move On Day Care Union
ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — Gov. Mark Dayton won’t make another move on a daycare unionization push until after a Minnesota judge issues a written order explaining his reasons for sidetracking a planned...
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Wis. DA May Seek Rehearing In Unions Lawsuit
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — The district attorney who filed a lawsuit challenging Wisconsin’s law passed earlier this year effectively ending collective bargaining rights for most public workers said Thursday...
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Minn. Labor Unions, GOP Fight Over ‘Right To Work’
ST. PAUL (WCCO) — Minnesota Republicans are preparing to debate a constitutional amendment making union membership voluntary. However, state labor leaders say it’s a “union killer.” At the...
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Union Fight Brews With Right-To-Work Push In Minn.
ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — Republicans pulled Minnesota into an explosive issue Thursday by introducing legislation to make union membership optional, setting the stage for a fight that has triggered...
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Crystal Sugar, Union Returning To BargainingTable
FARGO, N.D. (AP) — Locked-out union workers at American Crystal Sugar Co. are in the middle of a 200-mile trek to the negotiating table, which the company says could be a long walk for a short meeting....
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Analysts See Broad Implications In Walker’s Win
MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) – After more than a year of fighting, Wisconsin’s Republican Gov. Scott Walker survived Tuesday’s recall vote, winning 53 to 46 percent over his Democratic challenger, Milwaukee...
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