George Floyd was not simply murdered by a knee on his neck, but by generations of open wounds worn raw from Black men and women and people of color being killed for simply existing.
Workers
100 Years Ago, Miners Carried Out the Largest Armed Labor Uprising in U.S. History
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During the 1921 Battle of Blair Mountain, West Virginia workers fought for their rights in a bloody campaign to unionize the coal mines.
Community
The Labor Movement Mourns the Death of AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka
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Earlier today news began to spread that AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka had succumbed to a heart attack at age 72.
Community
The “FairVote Five” Fired after Forming a Union
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Five employees from FairVote Minnesota helped to democratize their communities, and democratized their workplace. Then, their employer let them go.
Community
Leadership changes, but Trades’ focus remains on building careers, communities
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The Minnesota Building Trades has a new president.
Community
Birchwood Cafe Reopens a Month after Owner Fires Majority of Staff
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Former employees of Birchwood Cafe hope that working conditions will improve for staff, and ask for recognition.
Community
May Day in Minneapolis
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May Day, or International Workers’ Day, is a day to celebrate workers across the globe.
Policy
St. Paul’s minimum wage will increase July 1. Here’s how one local restaurant is adapting
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“As a business owner I can make this (minimum-wage increase) work,” Peterson said of his response at the time. “This can be done. You can have a successful business and pay your people well and still make a profit.”
Community
A Film Stimulus Bill for Minnesota
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If the bill is passed, it is poised to potentially bring millions yearly into the state’s economy from producers that would begin using the incentive to produce the backlog of on hold productions.
Community
Union family sticking together as Marathon lockout drags on
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Outraged and unreserved, Christner, Marlatt and dozens of other family members and friends took over the Teamsters Local 120 picket line outside the refinery March 11, showing the depth of community support behind nearly 200 union members who have been locked out by Marathon since Jan. 22.
Community
St. Paul Park refinery picks fight with Building Trades unions, too
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“Marathon has been going down this pathway for a long time,” Don Mullin, executive secretary of the St. Paul Building and Construction Trades Council, said. “They’ve been taking on efforts to be anti-organized labor because that’s the way they do it in other states.”