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State campaign for paid sick days launched in Duluth, where fewest receive benefit
February 4, 2015
Perhaps it’s no surprise that the organizers of a statewide campaign to provide earned sick and safe time benefits to all Minnesota workers chose Duluth for their kickoff. Workers in
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Voters want paid leave, paid sick days, poll shows. Obama, too. Will Congress oblige?
The United States is the only advanced economy with no paid parental leave policy, no paid sick days. The cost of child care outstrips tuition for public universities in many
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Study confirms what Minnesota low-wage workers know: life is tough
A new study on “The Future of Work in Minnesota” confirms what low-wage workers have been saying in their demonstrations for weeks: wages are too low. And wage theft, erratic
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Labor group wants new job protections
After last session’s passage of a minimum wage increase to $9.50 an hour by 2016, labor union members are now calling on Minnesota lawmakers to pass requirements for sick time
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Report Says Future Of Low Paid Workers Is Bleak
Despite the recent success in raising Minnesota’s minimum wage, a new report paints a bleak outlook for the state’s lowest paid workers. The worker rights groups, Working America and Take Action Minnesota,
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How Did Minnesota Stay Blue in the Midterms? By Embracing, Not Running From, Progressive Values
Minnesota bucked the nationwide swing to the right. The national Democratic Party could learn a few things from how they did it. In the land of Lake Wobegon, progressives still
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For support of women and families
We are days away from the election & there is a lot at stake for the women and families in northeast Minnesota. Almost half of those working in our area
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To Build a New Economy, a New Government Comes First
On a crisp autumn day in 2012, I joined a group of pastors and community leaders from the Illinois-Indiana Regional Organizing Network (IIRON) at a church on the south side
