Minneapolis, MN
Minneapolis Public Works employees vote to authorize strike
Minneapolis Public Works employees represented by Laborers International Union of North America (LIUNA) Local 363 voted on Wednesday evening to authorize a strike.
In a video posted to social media, a union member said LIUNA Local 363 represents over 400 city of Minneapolis employees.
The union also said 98.6% of the city employees voted to authorize a strike.
In a news release Wednesday night, LIUNA Local 363 said that members are “exhausted from staffing emergencies, demoralized by persistent turnover, and affected by staffing shortages…” In recent years, staff members have also been tasked with encampment clean up, where the union said they are exposed to biohazards, infectious agents, needles, human waste and more.
LIUNA 363 said it is bargaining to address staffing issues and the city’s failure to keep up with local area wages.
“Our members’ work ensures clean water, safe streets, well-kept public spaces, and accessible parks,” said AJ Lange, Business Manager of LIUNA Local 363. “We don’t just do our jobs – we keep the city functioning. Yet, despite our critical role, workers feel undervalued and overlooked.”
In a Facebook post from Monday, the union encouraged members to cast their votes.
“After over six months since your negotiating team began bargaining, City of Minneapolis negotiators still refuse to engage in meaningful discussions about worker health and safety protections, sustainable staffing levels and work schedules, and increasing wages to rates competitive with surrounding metro area cities. They continue to stall, deny information requests, and demand concessions. #RespectUsPayUS,” the post reads, in part.
LIUNA Local 363 said it will return to mediation on Thursday. There must be a 10-day notice before a strike.
The union said its current contract expired on Dec. 31.
5 EYEWITNESS NEWS has reached out to the city of Minneapolis and will update this article if a response is received.
MINNEAPOLIS — A man who allegedly fled the country after fatally shooting a man in October of 2013 now faces charges.
The shooting happened shortly before midnight on Oct. 30, 2013, at a gas station at the intersection of Washington Avenue South and 12th Avenue South.
The 26-year-old victim was found in the driver’s seat of a car with multiple gunshot wounds to the head. He was pronounced dead at the scene. Nearby, officers found a torn piece of cloth that appeared to be from a letterman-style jacket, charges say.
Documents say that the victim had been on the phone with a woman eight minutes before the shooting. The woman told officers that she had driven to the gas station with her friend and another man in order to buy weed from the victim. She was arrested and made several calls from jail allegedly indicating that she was covering for the shooter, charges state.
Surveillance video from the scene showed 30-year-old Suleiman Ali getting out of the woman’s car and going into the gas station before the shooting. He was wearing a letterman-style jacket, documents state.
When police were investigating the case in 2013, they learned that Ali had fled the state, likely to Somalia.
The case stayed cold until mid-2022, when another woman called police saying that on the day of the shooting, Ali had called her and asked for money to help him leave the country. Ali allegedly admitted to shooting the victim.
In March of 2024, investigators learned Ali was back in the United States, but living outside of Minnesota. Investigators obtained a search warrant for his DNA, and had his out-of-state probation officer execute it.
Ali is currently in custody at the Hennepin County Jail. He is charged with second-degree murder.
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MINNEAPOLIS — Police in Minneapolis are investigating after a 16-year-old boy was injured in a drive-by shooting on the northside.
According to police, officers from the 4th Precinct responded at around 8:40 p.m. Friday to the shooting on the 1800 block of Irving Avenue North.
When they arrived, officers found the teenager suffering from a gunshot wound that was not considered life-threatening. He was taken to North Memorial Medical Center for treatment.
Officers then secured the scene, searched the area and collected evidence.
Police say preliminary information, which is subject to change, indicates the victim was standing in an alley when shots were fired from a vehicle.
No arrests have been announced.
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