June 29, 2000 - Striking hotel workers have voted overwhelmingly to approve the tentative contract agreement reached by union and hotel management negotiators yesterday (Wednesday). The vote ends the almost two-week old strike that disturbed operations at seven twin cities hotels and threatened to disrupt the Twin Cities largest-ever convention. After weeks of sometimes acrimonious negotiations and picketing, both the and the hotels management say they got what they wanted. Minnesota Public Radio's Andrew Haeg reports.
June 28, 2000 - Striking Twin Cities hotel workers are voting on a tentative contract agreement. The deal would bring the 14 hundred members of the Hotel Employees Local 17 a much lower pay raise than they had hoped for. But it WOULD provide medical benefits for workers' family members. It's likely the rank and file will ratify the proposed contract. It got one vote of confidence from the union's 40-member executive committee earlier today. Workers could be back on the job as soon as tomorrow. That would be a huge relief for Minneapolis city officials, who've feared the strike would disrupt the state's biggest ever convention -- 50 thousands members of Alcoholics Anonymous began arriving in town today. Minnesota Public Radio's Andrew Haeg reports.
June 26, 2000 - A strike by Twin Cities hotel workers has spread to a seventh area hotel. Members of the hotel employees local 17 walked off the job this morning City officials say they hope to push the two sides into an agreement before Thursday, when 50 thousand people will come to town for an international Alcoholics Anonymous convention. Minnesota Public Radio's Andrew Haeg reports.
January 3, 2000 - Minnesota businesses sailed through the first business day of the new year virtually untouched by problems associated with the Y2K bug. It's too early to sound the all clear -- some experts say minor problems could crop up over the next few weeks or months. But most companies say it was business as usual today. Minnesota Public Radio's Andrew Haeg reports. | D-CART ITEM: | TIME: | OUTCUE: "...
December 31, 1999 - In November, St. Paul voters rejected Mayor Norm Coleman's proposal to build a new ballpark for the Minnesota Twins. Coleman had sold the stadium as a key link in his efforts to rejuvenate downtown St. Paul. But it was only one piece of a broader strategy to attract business and build grand new public amenities. In another of our series of reports on the year ahead, Minnesota Public Radio's Andrew Haeg looks at prospects for reviving St. Paul.
December 28, 1999 - The state and its second largest union have avoided a strike by reaching a tentative employment contract. The agreement gives members of the Minnesota Association of Professional Employees -- or MAPE -- a two and a half percent raise the first year and a three percent increase the second. The union had asked for a four percent raise in both the first and second years.
December 24, 1999 - MPR's Andrew Haeg went out on St. Paul's Grand Avenue this afternoon to witness this years gift finding frenzy.
December 20, 1999 - Cable television company Media One says it is now offering local telephone service to residents of twelve St. Paul suburbs.
December 15, 1999 - Norwest Mortgage has agreed to buy Honeywell's former world Headquarters in the Phillips neighborhood of South Minneapolis . The deal ends months of uncertainty over whether a major new tenant would be found to replace Honeywell.
December 14, 1999 - The Ventura administration is announcing plans to bring advanced telecommunications services to the state's rural areas and promote competition throughout Minnesota.