For Immediate Release — February 1, 2016 Contact: Greta Bergstrom, 651.336.6722, greta@takeactionminnesota.org As City of Saint Paul Ramps Up Earned Sick Days Discussion, New Report Shows, Four Out of Ten Workers
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Metro area janitors say contract fight is about more than pay
Sonia Cortez works 40 hours a week cleaning offices, restaurants and recycling plants for St. Paul-based Marsden Building Maintenance at just below $15 an hour. But it’s still not enough
Ellison, city leaders advocate for Working Families Agenda
Minnesota’s low-wage workers are stretched thin in part because of low wages, pay gaps and wage theft, panelists said Tuesday at a forum hosted by Congressmen Keith Ellison and Bobby
Study: 42 percent of Minneapolis workers don’t have paid sick time
About 123,000 Minneapolis workers don’t have access to paid sick leave, according to a new analysis from the Washington, D.C.-based Institute for Women’s Policy Research. The report, released Thursday, says
Vision Duluth Launches!
For the last year we’ve been working hard at TakeAction and with other organizations to put together a shared vision for Duluth rooted in equity and democracy. Personally, I’ve participated
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By Angelo Love. My name is Angelo Love. I am a leader on the Organizing a New Economy Team at TakeAction MN working to ensure that every worker in Minnesota
Too Sick to Work Without Paid Sick Days
One of the best parts of my job as a community organizer with TakeAction MN is getting to know the hard working women of our state. Like Evelyn Pechous, she’s
From Labor Day to Lyndale Avenue: the New Movement to Lift Standards in Cities
By 9am on Tuesday, September 5th, 1882 New York’s City Hall was surrounded by rows of armed police officers both on foot and mounted on horseback. Assembled a full hour
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All summer long workers have been gathering together with Minneapolis City Council Members to talk about the difficult choices they make when they or their family members become sick. With
Our Women in Leadership Event: A Great Success!
Our Women in Leadership event held in Duluth was a huge success! Thanks to the over 60 community members and their families who shared their evening with us at our
