ST. PAUL (AP/KVRR) — Nurses at 16 hospitals in the Twin Cities and Duluth areas have authorized workers to go on a second strike, as early as December 11. Union leaders say it will happen if a contract deal is not reached in the coming days. Minnesota Nurses Association says the walkouts will last until December 31 at most hospitals;…
WASHINGTON, D.C. (KVRR) — The U.S. House passed a resolution forcing unions to accept a tentative agreement reached earlier this year between railroad managers and their workers making a strike illegal. The House also passed a second bill providing seven days of paid sick leave to railroad workers. The two bills are heading to the Senate, which has until December…
MINNEAPOLIS — Just two months after around 15,000 nurses walked off the job in Minnesota over staffing and wages, Minnesota Nurses Association is ready to do it again. The association has declared its intent to hold a vote on November 30 to strike. The president of the MNA says they are losing faith in the bargaining process and that hospital…
ST. PAUL (AP/KVRR) — Minnesota Nurses Association announces 15,000 nurses are going to go on strike in 10 days. The nurses will strike for three days at 16 hospitals across seven different hospital systems in the Twin Cities and Duluth, as well as, Moose Lake and Superior, Wisconsin. The strike is the largest nurses’ strike in U.S. history, according to…
MINNEAPOLIS – Minneapolis teachers have approved a new contract to end a strike that has kept students out of their classrooms for nearly three weeks. The school district’s 28,700 students are set to return Tuesday. The union, which represents about 4,500 teachers and support professionals, voted to approve the new contract Sunday after its negotiators reached a tentative agreement with…
DETROIT LAKES, Minn. (KVRR) – Becker County administrators say a tentative agreement has been reached with representatives of Teamsters Local 320, who were set to go on strike as early as 12:01 a.m. Tuesday. “Becker County has reached a tentative agreement with Teamsters 320 during negotiations this last Saturday. The bargaining unit will vote on the contract this Tuesday evening,…
DETROIT LAKES, Minn. (KVRR-KFGO) – More than 173 employees of the Becker County Courthouse and Human Services units have voted to reject the county’s final offer and have filed their intent to strike with the Minnesota Bureau of Mediation Services. The soonest the employees could strike is at 12:01 a.m. on Tuesday, March 22, 2022. There’s a mandatory 10-day cooling-off…
Minneapolis teachers on strike (Fox 9)MINNEAPOLIS – Teachers have hit the picket lines at public schools across Minneapolis, calling their strike a fight to ensure “safe and stable schools” for students and for better wages for the lowest-paid support staff. Many families of the 29,000 students in the district are worried. They fear an extended walkout by the nearly 3,300 teachers…
ST. PAUL, Minn. – Teachers in the Minneapolis School District have gone on strike after failing to reach agreement on a new contract. The strike affects some 29,000 students. Meanwhile, teachers in St. Paul reached a deal late Monday to avert their own strike. The issues in the two districts were largely the same: wages, classroom sizes and mental health…
FARGO (KVRR) – About 70 drivers and warehouse workers are on strike against a Fargo food distributor. Members of Teamsters Local 120 were on the picket line Wednesday at Cash-Wa Distributing, formerly Food Services of America. Teamsters Business Agent Brian Nowak says striking workers don’t believe the company is doing its best to protect them from exposure to COVID-19. As…
