Minnesota employment back to pre-recession level state economic officials say the surge in hiring indicates Minnesota has regained all the jobs lost in the Great Recession, and then some, surpassing national job growth.September 19, 2013
Nurses picket Mayo Clinic in Mankato over staff levels Concerned that they do not have enough say in staffing levels, about 300 union-represented nurses gathered for an informational picket today outside Mayo Clinic Health System in Mankato.September 17, 2013
Timeline: Southwest LRT freight rail debate Why is the Southwest Light Rail Transit project in such a mess? Transit planners are weighing what many consider to be two bad options.September 11, 2013
Orchestra musicians reveal counterproposal The locked out musicians of the Minnesota Orchestra issued a cryptic release today. They are trying to take the steam out of management protests that musicians have not put forward a counterproposal to the contract orchestra officials offered in April, 2012.September 10, 2013
Campaign to end unpaid internships heads to campus As students return to college campuses, a new campaign is targeting schools that encourage students to take unpaid internships in exchange for academic credit. It's part of an effort to encourage employers to pay their interns.August 31, 2013
Fast-food strikes set for cities nationwide Thursday's planned walkouts follow a series of strikes that began last November in New York City, then spread to cities including Chicago, Detroit and Seattle. Workers say they want $15 an hour, which would be about $31,000 a year for full-time employees. That's more than double the federal minimum wage.August 29, 2013
Minn. personal care assistants divided by union question Personal care is a labor of love. But is it also labor that should be unionized? That's the question 12,000 care providers in various Minnesota taxpayer-supported programs may soon answer.August 14, 2013