A sense of optimism in knowing that neighbors and friends had each other back was overshadowed by the heightened and ominous presence of the National Guard and impending white supremacists siege upon the cities.
Community
Response to May 2020 Interim Budget Projection
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Minnesota’s budget and economic outlook has significantly worsened since the coronavirus pandemic. A deficit of $2.426 billion is now projected for the current biennium
Community
A Leaked CDC Document Projects Increased COVID-19 Deaths
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According to a CDC document COVID Deaths Projected To Increase To 3,000 Per Day By June 1
Commentary
Labor Education Service in Transition
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I invite us to learn through this together. There is no guidebook, no experience to lean on except in the past we share, the ways we have bound together to fight for our collective dignity.
Community
Resources for Educators ‘Working Remotely’
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Check back for updates to this list. If you have any teaching and/or learning resources to contribute, please send them to LES Labor Educator Amy Livingston
Community
MN Groups Demand More Rental Assistance as Crisis Grows
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The Minnesota Housing Partnership estimates that 85,000 residents living in affordable rental units could be displaced as a result of the economic downturn
Community
Resources for Workers Impacted by COVID-19 Response
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Efforts to halt the spread of COVID-19 are creating immediate economic hardship for many working families.
Community
With N-95 Collection Drive, Nurses gear up for Challenge Ahead
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MNA plans to continue its collection drive each day through Sunday, from noon to 2 p.m., at 345 Randolph Ave.
Community
MN Attorney General Vows to Investigate Pandemic Price-Gouging
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Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison says his office has received complaints of one store selling a 36-roll pack of toilet paper for nearly $80
Community
“Essential” Factory Workers Are Afraid to Go to Work and Can’t Afford to Stay Home
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As some Illinois factories and warehouses stay open making supplies amid the coronavirus outbreak, workers say standing elbow to elbow in production lines and clocking in with fingerprint scanners could make them sick.
Community
‘My Family Members are Begging me Not to Go to Work’
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At a Wednesday afternoon press conference, nurses represented by the Minnesota Nurses Association (MNA) outlined in raw and unwavering detail the challenges they are facing as frontline workers in the midst of a global health crisis.