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2012
Calculating the Cost of Employee Turnover
Now business owners have a new tool to help calculate the cost of employee turnover… Read MORE.
2011
Minnesota's Problem is Not a Skills Gap
The anecdotes about a skills gap causing the jobless crisis are not supported by the economic facts, finds Eric Wieffering, business columnist for the Minneapolis Star Tribune.… Read MORE.
State Revenue is Necessary to Economic Recovery
As the shutdown of state government services begins, Minnesotans need to seriously consider the kind of budget they want to see, when an agreement is finally reached. The economic danger of an all-cuts approach to state budgets is clearly laid out in a new report from the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities… Read MORE.
Minnesota State Government Shutdown Approaches
JOBS NOW Coalition's member organizations will be facing direct or indirect effects of a state government shutdown, as will nonprofit and for-profit institutions throughout Minnesota who do business with the state. Here are some resources.… Read MORE.
Minnesota Union Women's Leadership Retreat
I had the honor of delivering the keynote address last week at the Minnesota Union Women's Leadership Retreat. Women are the backbone of labor in Minnesota, and it has been a long time since I have enjoyed the company of such passionate fighters for economic justice… Read MORE.
Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire of 1911
Today is the 100th anniversary of the fire at Triangle Shirtwaist Factory in New York City, in which 146 garment workers, many of them children, died because exits were kept locked by company management.… Read MORE.
Job Creation—Who's Counting
Last year the state of Minnesota responded to the pleas of those who call themselves fiscal conservatives and doled out $7 million in tax credits to wealthy investors to encourage them to create jobs. These "angel investments" have created, statewide, 47 jobs so far… Read MORE.
Fighting for Minnesota's Working Families
With the help of our coalition members across Minnesota, we are fighting for proven solutions to improve the lives of working families and boost the state economy… Read MORE.
2010
Our New Website
Welcome to our new website. We hope this new design will help you find the essential jobs research and jobs policy information you need, faster and more easily than ever.… Read MORE.
Labor Day in Minnesota
In the current jobs crisis, Labor Day reminds us not only of the value and importance of working Minnesotans, but also of the value and importance of the 200,000 Minnesota jobseekers competing for 26,000 job openings statewide… Read MORE.
Minnesota Nurses, Minnesota Servers, and Our Annual Meeting
This has been an important month for Minnesota's working families. There has been a solid victory for family-supporting wages and benefits in the Minnesota Nurses Association's settlement with Twin Cities hospitals. And there has been a public outcry against letting servers' earnings drop… Read MORE.
On the Picket Line with Minnesota Nurses
JOBS NOW Coalition staff walked the picket line today with the Minnesota Nurses Association. The picket line was orderly and well-organized. Some nurses on the line chanted loudly, some walked silently. "I like to show a quiet strength," one nurse said… Read MORE.
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