Sanford Bemidji nurses, management reach contract agreement After months of negotiations and a threatened strike, nurses at Sanford Bemidji Health Center approved a new contract Tuesday night that includes a 3 percent pay increase over three years and more say in staffing and scheduling.September 14, 2011
America's Housing Crisis As President Barack Obama focuses on a jobs bill, one of the underlying causes of the recession is getting less attention. How will homeowners, banks and the government dig out of America's housing crisis?Midmorning, September 13, 2011
Union rebukes fires at American Crystal Sugar plants Locked-out union workers at American
Crystal Sugar Co. are blaming fires at plants in Drayton and in
East Grand Forks, Minn., on inexperienced replacement workers hired
to take over harvesting duties.September 10, 2011
American Crystal ready for harvest with fill-ins With the lockout of about 1,300 American
Crystal Sugar Co. workers entering its second month and no
negotiations in sight, the company is ready to start the sugar beet harvest
season with inexperienced replacement workers.September 4, 2011
How job sharing could help the economy Of all the programs to help keep Americans working, work-share may be the only one with bipartisan support. Midmorning examines how it works, and the pros and cons.Midmorning, September 2, 2011
Wis. teacher retirements double after union rights taken When students return Thursday for the first
day of school across Wisconsin, many familiar faces will be gone,
as teachers chose retirement over coming back in the wake of a new
law that forces them to pay more for benefits while taking away
most of their collective bargaining rights.August 31, 2011
American Crystal, union negotiators to meet Thursday Union negotiators will sit down Thursday with officials from American Crystal Sugar for the first mediated session since workers were locked out more than three weeks ago.August 24, 2011
Working for a bonus to give it away If you're lucky enough to have a job and earn a bonus, there are plenty of places to spend your extra money. But would you give it to someone else? We examine research on a novel approach called pro-social incentives.Midmorning, August 24, 2011