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.
Community
Millions of Federal Workers Still Waiting on Work-From-Home Order During Coronavirus Pandemic
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Public health experts agree that Americans need to stay home as much as possible, but the Trump administration has not yet issued clear guidance to federal workers.
Community
COVID-19 Resources for Workers and Community
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While the following list of resources may not be conclusive, it is indeed a start. As the situation evolves, we will attempt to update accordingly. In general, we sincerely hope that our leaders expand the state’s social safety net to protect the most vulnerable in our society.
Community
Unions Across America Are Screaming For Paid Sick Leave and Healthcare
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As coronavirus spreads, sowing panic and economic dislocation, unions across the country are using the crisis as an opportunity to call for priorities that were dismissed as left-wing fantasies not long ago—and now seem like common sense.
Community
Coronavirus Shows Capitalism Is a Razor’s Edge
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According to a Gallup poll from 2019, 25% of people in the United States say they or a family member “put off treatment for a serious medical condition in the past year because of the cost.”