Jobs and Labor

Obama shouts out Warroad-based, Romney-supporting Marvin Windows [VIDEO]

SEE ALSO:-- Republicans sound the trumpet as Obamacare contributes to St. Jude's Minnesota layoffs-- Ross Murty, deli co-owner, caters for Obama, wears "Gov't Didn't Build My Business" shirt-- Romney has halved Obama's Minnesota lead since May, says new SurveyUSA pollMinnesota went atwitter after Pr ... More >>

Mpls workers like to swear on the job, and it could cost them promotions, says new study

SEE ALSO: Mitt Romney Glitter F-Bomb: Did he say "fuck," "faggot," or something else? [VIDEO]Minneapolis workers swear a helluva lot, according to a new CareerBuilder study.CareerBuilder spanned the country to survey 2,000 hiring managers and 3,800 workers across industries and company sizes. As far ... More >>

Minnesota for Marriage spokesman alleges liberal media bias... against a labor union

SEE ALSO:-- MN Marriage amendment: Majority support one man-one woman definition, says new survey -- MN for Marriage, anti-gay marriage group, says it 'continues to stand strong against intolerance'Minnesota for Marriage -- the state's main anti-gay marriage group -- is headquartered out of the same ... More >>

Wedge Co-op fires general manager Lindy Bannister

The Wedge Co-op has fired Lindy Bannister, its general manager of the past seven years, according to current and former Wedge employees. Bannister herself confirmed to City Pages that she has been replaced as general manager of the Wedge and is "no longer there," but said she needed to get "legal a ... More >>

Target allegedly union busting by closing Valley Stream store closed ahead of unionization vote

There is one Target store in the country where employees will soon hold a unionization vote -- Valley Stream, New York.There is one Target store in the country closed for six months or more of remodeling -- Valley Stream, New York.Coincidence? Gawker's Hamilton Nolan thinks not.

Kowalski's, union reach labor agreement

A long and sometimes bitter fight between Kowalski's Markets and a local labor union ended this weekend as workers validated a new agreement with management. Kowalski's had been at an impasse since last August with its workers, represented by UFCW Local 1189, over various issues. The union proteste ... More >>

Aldi workers schedule vote to join labor union

A dozen workers at a St. Paul Aldi store have formally filed for an election to join UFCW Local 1189, according to union organizer Curtis Neff.The workers, at 2005 Suburban Avenue, are scheduled to vote on joining the union June 29, Neff says. UFCW 1189 has had a contentious relationship with the su ... More >>

Medtronic laying off 1,000 workers despite growing profits

Earlier today, we reported that General Mills is cutting 850 jobs even though the company expects a profitable 2012. Add Medtronic to the list of big businesses laying off employees despite growing profits. The company, which reported a 28-percent increase in earnings and 3 percent growth in revenu ... More >>

Minnesota job market improved drastically last year

​In another indication the economy continues to recover, new data shows that Minnesota's job market at the end of 2011 was a helluva lot stronger than it was a year prior. According to the Department of Employment and Economic Development, job vacancies in the state climbed 47.6 percent during the ... More >>

MN Senate passes bill mandating teacher layoffs be determined by merit, not tenure

​For years, Minnesota Republicans have had teacher tenure reform in their legislative crosshairs only to have their efforts stifled by the DFL. That may change this year.Today, in an almost party-line vote of 36-26, the Senate approved a bill mandating that teacher layoffs be determined by merit. ... More >>

Minnesota is taking all of America's jobs

This is what jobs see as they come to our fine state.​No one in America found a job last month. Not one person. But in Minnesota, the job vacancies listings have shot up in recent months.This leads to some pretty interesting possibilities. Could it be that Minnesota is not part of the United State ... More >>

Minneapolis firefighter who saved referee to be laid off

Courtesy Justin Johnson.After three and a half years, Justin Johnson will be let go from the Minneapolis Fire Department.​It was late November, and Justin Johnson was watching a Thanksgiving youth hockey tournament at Braemar Ice Arena, an Edina rink where he worked part time as an EMT. Toward th ... More >>

Jimmy John's food-poisoning poster fight moves to Washington

Jimmy John's Workers UnionShould workers be fired for distributing this poster?​This fight's going all the way to the top. The latest battle in Jimmy John's workers fight for better pay and working conditions is getting adjudicated in Washington, D.C. Remember the poster union supporters bomb ... More >>

JoAnne Kloppenburg declares victory over David Prosser, and Scott Walker

The Scott Walker proxy battle: Prosser vs. Kloppenburg.​One of the recurring talking points among Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker's supporters in his efforts to neuter public employee unions has been this: Voters swept Republicans into control of the state last November, so get out of the way and ... More >>

Buffalo Wild Wings CEO Sally Smith takes 18% pay cut

Sally Smith didn't quite sell enough wings last year, so she took a pay cut​Sally Smith is known for doing whatever it takes to make her company, Buffalo Wild Wings, successful. And last year, apparently that meant a massive pay cut. Documents filed with the Securities Exchange Commission on ... More >>

Gov. Scott Walker loses the zombie vote in Madison [VIDEO]

Zombies to Walker: Pass the brains.​He's already tanked in the polls among the living, and now it looks like Wisconsin's union-busting Gov. Scott Walker is losing the un-dead vote as well. "What do we want? BRAINS? When do we want them? BRAINS!" a bunch of protesting zombies shouted as they m ... More >>

Scott Walker wins: Wisconsin Republicans through union-busting bill [UPDATE]

Sue Peacock/FlickrLet the recall efforts begin.​Republicans in the Wisconsin Assembly finally dropped all pretenses about Gov. Scott Walker's union-busting bill having anything to do with balancing the state's budget. Wednesday night, with 14 Democrats still on the lam trying to block a vote, the ... More >>

Wisconsin protesters' Capitol invasion caught on video

State troopers and protesters clash.​Tempers are flaring in Madison, where Republicans in the Assembly have used a controversial and possibly illegal maneuver to ram through a public employee union-busting bill. The Senate voted on the measure last night. The Assembly takes it up today -- if ... More >>

Scott Walker called to the border by 14 Wisconsin Democrats [UPDATE]

Mark RiechersIt's not dead yet.​Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker has been invited to the Illinois state line for a face-to-face meeting with some of the 14 Democratic state senators who won't give Republicans the quorum needed to pass their union-busting bill. A showdown now that Walker's tanking in t ... More >>

Bachmann wants Obama to be more like Wisconsin governor, but Americans don't

Whose side is she on?​Rep. Michele Bachmann is appalled that President Barack Obama has sided with public employee unions in Wisconsin opposed to a union-busting bill being pushed by Gov. Scott Walker. And she complained today on Facebook that Obama ought to be more like Walker when it comes ... More >>

Mark Dayton's budget would save Minneapolis firefighters from layoffs

Firefighters could still be laid off if LGA takes a hit in the final budget.​If the state budget proposed by Gov. Mark Dayton today were to pass, Minneapolis firefighters could avoid layoffs this year. Last fall, Minneapolis Mayor R.T. Rybak said the city would be forced to lay off firefighters t ... More >>

SEIU janitors agree to new contract and avoid strike affecting Twin Cities office buildings

Their union, which claims more than 4,000 Twin Cities janitors as members, reached agreement over the weekend on the terms of a new contract.

R.T. Rybak's ups and downs profiled by "Governing" magazine

Under the headline "Radical Renewal," it says Rybak is "a bundle of contradictions."

Pawlenty angers transgender group with Newsweek comments

The governor pisses off a national transgender rights organization with his assertion that little kids are going to be "confused" because of legislation he once signed.

Former Strib editor: Teamsters "bully" other unions at paper

He goes on to compare them to Judas selling out Jesus.

3M offers buyouts to 3,600 employees

3M Co., based in Maplewood, is offering buyouts to 3,600 U.S. employees in their latest effort to cut costs and staff.

Minn. safe from Macy's job cuts

The daily barrage of major company layoffs can be quite the downer, but Minnesota was saved from the latest news from Macy's retail stores.

Minnesota's terrible Tuesday: Job loss roundup

Steve Perry leaves Minnesota Independent

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WCCO-AM cuts another example of media misery

Sports reporter Dan Terhaar and part-time reporter Rosh ... More >>

Paul Douglas hopes stations cut meteorologists so he makes money

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Starbucks settles NLRB complaint of fired MoA barista

Star Tribune sued for sexual harrassment

Strib Bankruptcy Watch: The Incredibly Shrinking Newsroom

Civil Disobedience

Janitors set strike vote

Stribulations: workers choose union representation

Strib union vote today

Wage Wars

One state senator's fight to raise the minimum wage

Borders Battle: Still No Contract

Newspaper Wars, West Metro Edition

Guild members at the Star Tribune worry about their contract and wonder about their editor

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

Minar Conflict

Are prayer sessions at a local Ford dealership protected by the U.S. Constitution?

P.O.'ed

Jean Sandberg asked her post-office bosses to put a stop to the penis jokes and the wet T-shirt invitations. They sent her complaint to the dead-letter office.

Driver's Education

Gordon Guptil nearly lost his life in his Star Tribune delivery truck. Then he lost his job.

Counselor at U files anti-gay discrimination suit

Hired Help

If for-profit career counselors don't promise anything specific, clients who fail to find the job of their dreams have little recourse

Don't Let Them Eat Cake

The Road Not Taken