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Labor Strikes and Disputes

  • Blogs

    April 27, 2012

    Wedge Co-op dumps 'anti-union' law firm: 'We made a mistake'

    The Wedge Co-op has dropped Seaton, Peters & Revnew as its law firm for labor negotiations with newly unionized warehouse workers following critical feedback from members. Wedge board president Sarah Wovcha says she received numerous emails from members about the law firm's perceived "anti-unio ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 23, 2012

    Jimmy John's illegally fired union organizers, judge rules

    Jimmy John's violated labor law when it fired six union organizers in March 2011, a judge ruled Friday.Administrative judge Arthur Amchan's ruling follows a February trial involving Miklin Enterprises, a local Jimmy John's franchisee, and the National Labor Relations Board. In 2010, several Jimmy Jo ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 5, 2011

    Team Pawlenty walks back on transit union tough talk

    Tim Pawlenty's "Truth" campaign is a bit blurry.​Tim Pawlenty keeps having to back away from his tough guy talk. This time, he was caught making up nonsense in Tennessee about facing down "the unions" in the "longest transit strike in the history of the United States." That certainly would ha ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 4, 2011

    Would you return from an NFL hiatus?

    Millionaires vs. Billionaires on the brink..

  • Blogs

    February 15, 2011

    Wisconsin will call out National Guard against striking state workers

    Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker wants the National Guard for political muscle.​ The Kent State shootings happened 40 years ago, but one state failed to learn the lesson not to call in the National Guard on unarmed protesters. That state is Wisconsin. There, Gov. Scott Walker has declared that he' ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 4, 2011

    Jimmy John's workers negotiating settlement on union

    The Jimmy John's Union lives.​Minneapolis Jimmy John's workers might still become the first officially recognized fast-food union in the country.The National Labor Relations Board has found evidence that the franchise owners may have broken the law in the lead-up to the October vote in which p ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 1, 2010

    Jimmy John's union vote enters final countdown

    Sandwich workers vote on the union Oct. 22.​Things have been developing quickly since we told you about the unionizing drive by workers at Minneapolis Jimmy John's restaurants.The National Labor Relations Board has set a date for the election: Oct. 22. That gives the union supporters and the o ... More >>

  • News

    September 29, 2010

    Jimmy Johns about to become first fast-food union

    So Unionized You'll Freak

  • Blogs

    June 10, 2010

    12,000 Twin Cities nurses strike. Who's affected? [Video]

    ​In what may be the largest ever strike of its kind, 12,000 Twin Cities nurses have walked off the job at 14 area hospitals in a 24-hour strike over pay, pensions and staffing ratios. Outside Abbott Northwestern in Minneapolis, they greeted the day with a rendition of "Amazing Grace." The hos ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 7, 2010

    Ichiban's chefs walk, restaurant forced to close temporarily

    ​WCCO reports that the about a dozen kitchen staffers at Ichiban walked off the job on Friday because they were unhappy with working conditions and health insurance costs. Remaining staff called those who had made reservations--about 80 people--and told them the restaurant was closed until new ... More >>

  • Calendar

    December 3, 2008

    Winter One-Nighters: A Not Too Distant Past

    ​WCCO reports that the about a dozen kitchen staffers at Ichiban walked off the job on Friday because they were unhappy with working conditions and health insurance costs. Remaining staff called those who had made reservations--about 80 people--and told them the restaurant was closed until new ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 6, 2008

    How bad is it for the Strib?: Questions and answers from independent reports

    ​WCCO reports that the about a dozen kitchen staffers at Ichiban walked off the job on Friday because they were unhappy with working conditions and health insurance costs. Remaining staff called those who had made reservations--about 80 people--and told them the restaurant was closed until new ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 19, 2008

    No security

    ​WCCO reports that the about a dozen kitchen staffers at Ichiban walked off the job on Friday because they were unhappy with working conditions and health insurance costs. Remaining staff called those who had made reservations--about 80 people--and told them the restaurant was closed until new ... More >>

  • Calendar

    March 19, 2008

    D.L. Hughley

    ​WCCO reports that the about a dozen kitchen staffers at Ichiban walked off the job on Friday because they were unhappy with working conditions and health insurance costs. Remaining staff called those who had made reservations--about 80 people--and told them the restaurant was closed until new ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 26, 2008

    Slaughterhouse workers back union

    ​WCCO reports that the about a dozen kitchen staffers at Ichiban walked off the job on Friday because they were unhappy with working conditions and health insurance costs. Remaining staff called those who had made reservations--about 80 people--and told them the restaurant was closed until new ... More >>

  • News

    January 16, 2008

    Organizers: beef-processing plant is using recent immigration raids to bust union

    Slaughterhouse Rules: Is South St. Paul's Dakota Premium Foods plant "in open-warfare mode" against labor?

  • Feature

    January 2, 2008

    Artists of the Year

    The Writers Guild of America

  • News

    September 19, 2007

    Letters to the Editor

    The Writers Guild of America

  • News

    August 29, 2007

    Wage War

    On the eve of a new school year, a historic strike threatens to throw the U of M into chaos

  • Blogs

    April 12, 2007

    Taxpayers Win One--Finally--With Northwest

    On the eve of a new school year, a historic strike threatens to throw the U of M into chaos

  • Blogs

    February 5, 2007

    Twin Cities janitors agree to three-year labor contract

    On the eve of a new school year, a historic strike threatens to throw the U of M into chaos

  • Blogs

    January 3, 2007

    Janitors set strike vote

    On the eve of a new school year, a historic strike threatens to throw the U of M into chaos

  • News

    April 12, 2006

    McClatchy Madness

    The Strib puts the squeeze on production workers

  • News

    January 25, 2006

    A Screw Loose

    Judge denies unemployment benefits to Northwest mechanics

  • News

    April 7, 2004

    Busting the Buses

    Local transit wars past and present

  • News

    April 7, 2004

    Bring Back the Buses

    For Chrissakes... Milwaukee's got public transit. (Omaha, too.)

  • News

    March 17, 2004

    Get on the Bus

    One transit worker buckles up for a long, bumpy ride in her daily strike journal

  • News

    March 17, 2004

    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

  • News

    August 13, 2003

    Dispatches from the Next Newspaper War

    Wounded egos, labor actions, and Powerpoint presentations at the Pioneer Press

  • News

    July 23, 2003

    Newspaper Wars, West Metro Edition

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

  • News

    February 26, 2003

    Rx: Don't Get Sick

    Local hospital workers can't afford health care either

  • News

    December 25, 2002

    Scrooged

    PI Press management plays chicken with its workforce

  • Books

    May 15, 2002

    Workers of Suburbia Unite!

    What happens when the employees at the Mounds View Golf Course go on strike

  • News

    October 24, 2001

    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.

  • News

    December 27, 2000

    Off Beat

    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.

  • Books

    April 5, 2000

    Truck, Stop

    Car chases, cell phones, and a smelly Super Soaker: This is not your father's picket line

  • Books

    June 2, 1999

    Coffee, Tea...or HAVOC?

    Northwest flight attendants gear up for a new strike formula--minimum cost, maximum headache

  • Books

    March 17, 1999

    Chain Reaction

    Star Tribune union members fret as their parent company plays hardball in contract talks out West

  • Books

    May 27, 1998

    Winging It

    With labor unrest brewing among airline employees, Northwest's PR doctors keep spinning in the wind

  • News

    December 10, 1997

    Don't Let Them Eat Cake

    With labor unrest brewing among airline employees, Northwest's PR doctors keep spinning in the wind

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