The Austin-based company says the agreement gives the workers a wage increase of $1.50 per hour, plus improvements in their pensions and medical insurance plans.
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Trump continued his attacks on Monday, once more targeting Minnesota Rep. Ilhan Omar.
Frustrating. Frustrating. Frustrating.
The 20-year-old fell from the lower falls.
Council members said pushback from nonresidents led them to reinstate the Pledge of Allegiance at meetings.
It happened south of Winona early Monday morning.
Storms are forecast to stay south of the metro Tuesday.
The immigration enforcement agents apprehended the man in south Minneapolis.
Police were called to report of a possible suicide.
Well ... he did have quite important information to share.
A Perkins in Shakopee closed just last month.
Flash flooding and wind damage is being reported across the metro.
Storms are training over the same areas, leading to big-time rain totals.
Workers at the Hormel Foods plant in Austin are being screened for tuberculosis after one employee there was identified with the contagious disease, KAAL TV reports. Tuberculosis is a health issue for the workers at the plant, but not a threat to food safety, the station reports.
Cliffs Natural Resources and the United Steelworkers union have agreed to keep negotiating past the September 1 expiration worker's current contracts, the Duluth News Tribune reports. Both sides have agreed to a short-term extension and employees will not strike. Negotiations with ArcelorMittal and U.S. Steel continue.
Dayton responded to Republican criticism of state worker contracts saying the negotiations are well within the parameters of contracts approved by former Republican Governor Tim Pawlenty. The contracts would give over 27,000 public workers a two percent raise.
But that's still 15,000 jobs that need to be filled during the holiday season. The Richfield-based electronics retailer plans to increase its regular workers' hours instead.
A Republican-led legislative panel rejected new contracts for more than 27,000 state workers. Senator Mike Parry called Governor Dayton irrational and referred to union leaders as "dinosaurs" following the vote Thursday.
A 37-month contract for union members at taconite plants in Hibbing, Eveleth and Michigan that includes a 4.5 percent wage increase was ratified by the United Steelworkers. The union and company reached a tentative agreement on Oct. 11.
Strong sales of Spam and Jennie-O products helped the Austin-based meat producer meet Wall Street expectations. Hormel's third quarter earnings rose to $111.2 million, or 41 cents per share, in the third quarter ended on July 29 compared to $98.5 million, or 36 cents per share, a year earlier.
Mower County officials testing Hormel employees and residents for tuberculosis say all results so far have come back negative. The investigation comes after a worker at the Austin, Minn. plant was diagnosed with the disease last week. Tuberculosis is a threat to people, but does not affect food safety.
