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professionally nosy. reporter at @mnreformer.bsky.social covering labor, mostly. board member for the Minnesota Chapter of the Society of Professional Journalists.

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In the Break Room: 👉Amazon warehouse cited for unsafe working conditions 👉Mpls council uncommitted on police union contract 👉 Alleged wage theft and discrimination at Environmental StoneWorks 👉Mpls parks face looming strike 👉 More

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Environmental StoneWorks workers allege widespread wage theft, racial discrimination

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Just one Minnesota company has so far upheld a promise to not give money to election deniers: Golden Valley-based Cheerio maker, General Mills.

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Home care workers won higher wages, but then many lost health insurance

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Details of the investigation are unknown, but what’s certain is that growth of spending on the autism program has exploded in recent years.

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It's funny that economists are devoting years of study to answer vexing questions like "does giving people money make it easier for them to pay bills."

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Inbox: Minnesota Department of Labor and Industry won nearly $200k in back wages and damages for 94 agricultural workers at Bushel Boy

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Iron Range columnist Aaron Brown interrogates the general repulsion to a foreign company buying U.S. Steel and asks... is it really that bad?

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In the Break Room: 👉Supreme Court sides with Starbucks 👉Nursing home workers call off strike 👉Problems with the frontline worker pay program 👉 the loudest union critic of the Twin Cities' lefty leaders.

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A state audit found waste and fraud in Minnesota's frontline worker pay program while laying much of the blame on flawed law

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This week in the Break Room: 👨‍🏭DFL agrees to hearings on copper-nickel mining 👵 nursing home workers threaten second strike 🚓Minneapolis police approve union contract 🚚 Senators chastise Amazon over treatment of delivery drivers

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max nesterak's avatar max nesterak @maxnesterak.bsky.social
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You keep tagging the Reformer account. Ma'am, I am the manager

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max nesterak's avatar max nesterak @maxnesterak.bsky.social
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I understand that you don't like a negative story about someone you support so you are looking for some way to discredit it. But I've acted with integrity. P.S. If you have info that you think the public should know about, you can easily find my email, and I would gladly evaluate it.

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Minnesota optometrists get thumb in the eye from big donors, House speaker

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max nesterak's avatar max nesterak @maxnesterak.bsky.social
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You make it sound like getting a tip is nefarious and I'm covering it up by *squints* telling you in the newsletter. Stories come from sources ... I missed your outrage when I reported on Mayo's ultimatum to Gov. Walz over a nurse staffing bill, St. Paul fire chiefs' take home vehicles, etc. etc.

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Confidential tip, so politely, none of your business

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max nesterak's avatar max nesterak @maxnesterak.bsky.social
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I think threatening journalists with a defamation lawsuit for asking questions about a lawsuit is also bad

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He is still in business with Hailer. They started Rose Lake Capital together about six months after he says he withdrew from eSt Ventures.

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max nesterak's avatar max nesterak @maxnesterak.bsky.social
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Just a worker not getting paid for months. NBD!

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max nesterak's avatar max nesterak @maxnesterak.bsky.social
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He is a defendant in the winery lawsuit but not the cannabis one. The headline is only about the winery investor

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Scoop: Rep. Ilhan Omar’s husband is accused of swindling an investor in their California winery, while another company he started with longtime business partner Will Hailer owes $1.2 million to cannabis growers in South Dakota.

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max nesterak's avatar max nesterak @maxnesterak.bsky.social
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Fantastic piece by Aaron Brown about the discovery of helium on Minnesota's Iron Range and who deserves to profit from its extraction

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max nesterak's avatar max nesterak @maxnesterak.bsky.social
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Also, what other labor policy passed and didn't

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Gov. Tim Walz just did a ceremonial bill signing of the Uber and Lyft bill. Here's what's in it:

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Between 30% and 40% of Minnesota adults could plausibly qualify as “social equity” applicants for cannabis business licenses, according to a Reformer estimate.

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max nesterak's avatar max nesterak @maxnesterak.bsky.social
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And thank you for the Claire Givens rec. I just dropped off my violin and plan to start playing again after idk 15 years

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I dug into what’s in the final bill. It’s probably more than you want to know but I’ve been following this for 18 months and godwilling it’s the last Uber story I write for awhile minnesotareformer.com/2024/05/21/h...

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Those rates are in the story I linked to

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Idk how it would have played out had the council passed rates agreed to by the companies. Maybe minneapolis would have been exempted from preemption like Seattle is in Washington

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The 89 cents per mile and 49 cents per minute was the low end of the state study, not a Frey proposal

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The rates will take effect Jan. 1, 2025

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I’m told a deal has been reached on Uber and Lyft that MN Senate democrats plan to announce soon. The agreement preempts Minneapolis from enacting its own wage standards for drivers and sets minimum rates at $1.28 per mile and 31 cents per minute

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As we wait for a deal on minimum pay for Uber and Lyft drivers in Minnesota, read my piece on what drivers think:

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Transportation Network Companies...e.g. Uber and Lyft

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No deal on minimum pay rates yet, but this bill signals something is coming together.

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The House Ways and Means committee just passed a bill that would appropriate $2 million to create a new 0% interest car loan program for Uber and Lyft drivers. The loans would be administered by non-profit organizations (with up to 10% administrative fee) www.house.mn.gov/comm/docs/KJ...

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