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• Pawlenty wants to prevent teacher strikes
  Gov. Tim Pawlenty wants to prevent Minnesota teachers from going out on strike during the school year. Critics say the plan is unacceptable, because it would significantly alter the collective bargaining process in school districts.May 23, 2005
• The Pension Problem
  Pensions are coming under more scrutiny after a decision to send some of United Airlines' pensions to a quasi-government agency. Some pension watchers say employers and employees are increasingly being squeezed in the current system.May 16, 2005
• Creating meaning
  When the focus is on the contributions of younger workers, retirees may have trouble convincing others they have more to offer.April 20, 2005
• University of Minnesota graduate students vote on joining a union
  About 4,500 University of Minnesota graduate students find out today whether they will be represented by a union. This morning state officials will count ballots cast last week. Union advocates say grad students need help to protect their pay and benefits. Critics say a union is unnecessary.April 18, 2005
• Tentative agreement reached in Crosby-Ironton teachers strike
  Teachers and their students headed back to class Thursday morning in the Crosby-Ironton school district. Wednesday marked the end of a two-month long strike by 87 teachers. Negotiators on both sides agreed on a new system of health benefits for retired teachers, a major roadblock in the dispute.April 6, 2005
• NWA mechanics fight back on airport, outsourcing
  Northwest is parking planes and expects little growth this year. As a result, the company expects to cut as many as 900 local mechanics jobs in 2005. Today the local mechanics union and an ally in the Legislature attacked the airline on two sensitive topics: the expansion of the Twin Cities airport, and the safety of airplane repairs.March 18, 2005
• Talks reach impasse in teachers strike; teachers union sues over replacements
  After another failed negotiating session in the Crosby-Ironton teachers' strike, both sides made legal moves Wednesday. The school board declared the strike an impasse and teachers sued the district over what they call illegal tactics.March 17, 2005
• Teacher strike divides community
  Residents of the Crosby-Ironton school district say their communities are torn apart because of a month-long teacher strike. That's what a group of legislators heard when an education committee took its hearing on the road to the small town of Deerwood.March 9, 2005
• Laid off late in life
  Workers who lose their jobs later in life have an especially hard time continuing in their chosen careers. Carrie Leana, an expert in job loss, and career counselor Amy Lindgren explain what happens to this highly experienced, but not sought-after generation.February 22, 2005
• Looking for the union label
  Theater actors in the Twin Cities generally fall into two categories; union and non-union. The union, Actors Equity Association, has maintained a local presence for decades. But what does it offer its members, and the theater groups that employ them?February 11, 2005
• Be our guest?
  President Bush is pushing for an expanded guest worker program, but he's finding strong opposition from some Republican leaders and even a number of immigrant workers.February 1, 2005
• Movie stirs memories on Iron Range
  Warner Brothers holds auditions this weekend for a movie being made on the Iron Range. It's about a group of women who filed a lawsuit over sexual harassment at one of the mines. The lawsuit divided people on the Range, and the divisions are still there.January 28, 2005
• Senators on airport expansion: Slow down and open up
  State lawmakers turned a critical eye Tuesday on a major plan to expand Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport. Members of the Senate Transportation Committee heard from some who say the plan has moved too fast and too quietly.January 12, 2005
• A plan to change the pension system
  Thanks in part to pensions problems at United Airlines and US Airways, the federal government's pension insurance program is running into the red, itself. U.S. Labor Secretary Elaine Chao proposes changes to the government's Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation live from the National Press Club in Washington.January 10, 2005
• Boise job cuts are bad news for International Falls
  Sixty-four people lost their jobs this month at the Boise paper mill in International Falls. About half of them were let go just this week. The cuts are part of a restructuring at the Boise mill, which is the largest employer in International Falls. The loss of jobs is a major blow to the town's fragile economy. Community leaders are now trying to figure out what to do next.December 31, 2004

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