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Wedge Co-op reaches agreement with warehouse workers

The Wedge Co-op reached an agreement yesterday on a three-year contract with its warehouse workers, who unionized this spring in a labor dispute. Warehouse employees at the Wedge organized through UFCW 1189 due to concerns about stagnant wages and a top-down management style. Union leader Bernie He ... More >>

Kowalski's to get lump of coal from labor union

Kowalski's will be pesented with a lump of coal from UFCW 1189 at a demonstration this afternoon​A local labor union plans to give Kowalski's Markets a lump of coal this afternoon over a contract dispute. The union, UFCW 1189, has been negotiating its contract with Kowalski's since last Janua ... More >>

Labor negotiations open for grocery workers

Mayor Coleman on living wage ordinance: never mind

Uptown Borders slated to close

Wal-Mart Welfare

Corporate Welfare

Latest Criminal Scourge: Wal-Mart Openings

Uptown Borders: Bound To A Labor Agreement

Wal-Mart Wants Your Job

As the Retailing Behemoth Prepares to Open Its First Store in the Twin Cities Metro, Neighborhoods and Workers Brace Themselves for the Wal-Mart Treatment: Low Wages, Union Busting, and a Big, Friendly Smile

Frequently Asked Questions

Getting to the bottom of Minnesota's liquor laws

The Next Battle in the Newspaper Wars

The specter of a newspaper strike looms in St. Paul --but no matter what happens, the Pioneer Press will never be the same

Borders Skirmishes

Booksellers make lousy money--and book chains want to keep it that way

Little Houses, Big Boxes

Wal-Mart politicizes Inver Grove Heights

Organized Slaughter

Falling carcasses and untreated injuries: Meatpackers at Dakota Premium Foods were driven to form a union. But not even that got the company's attention.

The Employer of Choice

The St. Paul City Council wants to keep Dayton's downtown. But at what price?