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University of Minnesota service workers union sets strike date

By FOX 9 Staff
Published  October 20, 2022 9:32pm CDT
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1,500 U of M workers to announce whether they will authorize strike

Fifteen hundred union workers at the University of Minnesota are sounding the alarm on what they call chronic understaffing and poverty wages.

MINNEAPOLIS (FOX 9) -
A strike date has now been set for thousands of University of Minnesota service workers fighting for a new contract.

Workers in grounds crew, food preparation, and service workers are among the employees that are set to walk off the job next Wednesday, October 26, if no deal is reached. The union says the strike will last four days.

While there is some progress on economic issues, the union says key priorities are stalling in negotiations.

More negotiations are planned to take place on Friday.