Take a seat in the Break Room, our weekly round-up of labor news in Minnesota and beyond. This week: Labor fights to preserve ...

Freddy Lazo left a restaurant job for a higher paying one in trucking about two-and-a-half years ago. But the way President ...

On Tuesday, the Minnesota Senate passed amendments to take ESST away from 110,000 workers who have been earning and using ...

Six self-described “Blue Dog” Senate Democrats voted with Republicans on Tuesday to weaken the paid sick leave law they ...

The Democratic-Farmer-Labor-controlled Minnesota Senate passed a two-year human services budget Wednesday, featuring ...

Today, solar power is the world’s fastest-growing source of electricity. Deployments of large lithium-ion batteries to store ...

Brian Elliott is executive director of SEIU Minnesota State Council.

New — and new-ish — rental properties in St. Paul will no longer be subject to the city’s 3% cap on yearly rent increases. ...

Minnesota did the right thing in 2023 by passing earned safe and sick time for all workers. This was a powerful first step ...

Minnesota Sen. Matt Klein, DFL-Mendota Heights, a Mayo doctor first elected to the Legislature in 2016, announced Tuesday ...

The Minnesota House passed a bill Monday with significant cuts to the Department of Human Services through 2027. DHS programs account for nearly one-third of state spending, and are expected to get ...