Earlier this month, five workers at Chicago Lake Liquors were fired days after petitioning management for higher wages.THE BACKSTORY: Chicago Lake Liquors employees petition for raises; five fired two days later They haven't given up their fight to get their jobs back. Last Saturday evening, they he ... More >>
At the end of the workday on Saturday, March 30, 13 employees at Chicago Lakes Liquors presented their general manager with a petition asking that all of the 25 or so employees at the store receive raises.SEE ALSO: In Iowa, women can be lawfully fired for being so sexy, they make their boss contempl ... More >>
Beth Cullen, drummer for fierce all-female rock act Cadette, lost a friend and many possessions in a fire at her home in south Minneapolis Wednesday morning. Cullen was home at the time of the blaze. An as-yet-unnamed man was killed, and another woman was hospitalized and was listed in critical c ... More >>
So Unionized You'll Freak
"Wages so low, you'll freak!"Jimmy Johns service wasn't its usual "freaky fast" today as workers staged a brief walk out at nine Minneapolis franchise locations. The workers are forming their own union to demand better wages and working conditions, including consistent scheduling and minimum ... More >>
The effort to organize local latte-slingers could hurt the ailing chain
Twenty years after their heyday, the anti-racist Baldies recount the rise and fall of a notorious Twin Cities scene
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Destroy the dictionaries
