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Minnesota legislators adopted a lot of major policies in this year s session, including actions to support workers in many different fields. State employees are cheering the provisions. A new statewide paid-leave program is among the highlights as Democrats pushed through a range of proposals with their majorities. .
Lawmakers guaranteed more than $760 million in their budget to boost wages and benefits for home care service providers. That means Washington state caregivers will get wage increases of at least 10%. Veronica Tausili is a caregiver for her mother who traveled Olympia with her union - the Service Employees International Union 775 - to push for the wage increases. .
More than one hundred workers at Coca-Cola plants in Logan and Charleston have returned to work after going on a days-long strike. Ken Hall - the president of Teamsters Local 175 - said workers have a list of grievances against the company, including using supervisors doing union members work and failing to pay employees for work performed. Hall said the workers decided they didn t want to inconvenience the customers who rely on them, and remain optimistic - despite little movement from a company whose gross profit totaled nearly $600 million in the fourth quarter of 2022. .
Minnesotans are learning more about a statewide paid leave plan, which cleared a major legislative hurdle this week. Groups tracking the developments expect it to be a game-changer for the state s workforce. The state Senate signed off on the plan after the House approved it earlier this session. .