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White Minneapolis Police Officer Murdered an Unarmed Black Man in South Minneapolis

By Filiberto Nolasco Gomez

Essay

Yes, Unemployment Insurance and Welfare Encourage People to Quit Lousy Jobs. That’s the Point.

Do we have a right not to work? The answer is we don’t if Democratic leaders stubbornly try to keep the “era of big government” confined to the 20th century.

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COVID-19

Nike Turned Away a Public Health Official From Its Warehouse Days After a Worker With COVID-19 Died

The Health Department received a complaint that a Nike warehouse wasn’t being cleaned thoroughly or allowing for social distancing. Its inspector wasn’t allowed inside. Twenty-one workers have tested positive for COVID-19 at Nike’s Memphis locations.
Organizing

Organizing for a New Restaurant Industry

“We can’t go back to normal, because normal wasn’t working,” said Hornstein. “The fact that we are also fighting for broader change in the industry. We know this isn't just about our restaurants, but about workers across the industry, in the Twin Cities and the country.”
Commentary

A Call to Action from Essential Workers

On May 6th I tested positive for COVID-19. All the weeks of fear, anger and grief that I had suppressed--in order to keep working, keep my loved ones calm, keep helping neighbors who had it even worse--it all came crashing in. And with it, an odd sense of relief.
Organizing

Caribou Coffee Protests Continue

Monday, Caribou Coffee frontline workers rallied for the second time in a month to demand their employer improve working conditions for employees during the COVID-19 pandemic. About 30 Caribou Coffee workers were joined by approximately 70 community allies.
Investigative

Nearing Bankruptcy, Sears Claimed Fast-Food Workers and Baristas as Employees to Keep Tax Breaks

Politicians who helped draft Sears’ tax deals said they were designed to retain thousands of corporate jobs. Contractors, landscapers and temporary employees who worked in Sears’ buildings were never meant to help the company qualify for tax breaks.
COVID-19

Hundreds of Apple Workers on Strike in Washington

'The strikes are women-led, multigenerational, and multiracial, according to Edgar Franks of Familias Unidas por la Justicia, a local farmworkers' union.'