Connect… Foundations of Courage: Do You Have a Baseplate? 1 Oct 2020 By Anna Robb Published October 2020 “Courage is resistance to fear, mastery of fear – not absence of fear” – Mark Twain I remember the exact moment I read this…
Educate… Sprucing up your Contracts 1 Oct 2020 By Jared with input from Abbee, Eric, Erin, Mary, Paul, and Sadie Published October 2020 Time and money always seem to be scarce on a project no matter how big…
Educate… Get a Will. Get a Will. Get a Will. 3 Jul 20207 Jul 2020 By Elizabeth Please listen to me and get your affairs in order before it’s too late.Get a will! We are an incredible community. So many of us consider each other…
Connect… COVID-19 Resources 19 Mar 20207 Jul 2020 Unemployment W2 Workers - sign up for unemployment (Minnesota link). Waiting could mean lower benefits. Apply online and keep trying as they are experiencing a high volume of applicants. You…
Educate Gig Tracking 1 Mar 20204 Mar 2020 By Roger Until 2011, I was a single-employer worker with one income plus my spouse’s. The recession of 2011 changed all that. Lacking other options, I returned to stagehand work…
Educate Better for Employees? – A Brief Primer on Social Security 1 Mar 2020 By Ray and Paul A recent stagehand discussion on Facebook inspired this piece. In a discussion about Social Security: Put bluntly: this is completely wrong, as we'll see below. One…
Educate… Having an Effective Talk About Inappropriate Behavior 2 Dec 2019 By Roger with help by Allana I confess I am self-conscious while writing tonight. You see, I’m not an expert or a trained professional at dealing with other people and…
Educate… Union FAQs: Grievances 2 Dec 20192 Dec 2019 By Carrie In our March newsletter, we answered some FAQs about unions and union membership. This month we hope to answer questions about another union related topic: grievances. What is…
Educate Right-to-Work Laws 1 Sep 201914 Sep 2019 By RayPhoto credit: Allana What are right-to-work laws? Right-to-work laws do not actually grant a right for anyone to work at any particular job, or for any particular employer. They…
