COVID-19
The “Essential Worker” Swindle
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How this label is used to justify a social order in which workers are abused, discarded and left to die.
Community
COVID Testing is Free, Fast and Encouraged for Frontline Workers
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COVID-19 testing is fast, safe and open to anyone free of charge at 21 community testing sites across Minnesota. That’s the message state health officials want union members – and all frontline workers – to hear as more businesses, schools and other gathering places begin reopening to the public. As a small group of union leaders toured the testing site inside St. Paul’s Roy Wilkins Auditorium today, state officials emphasized that testing remains critical to containing the coronavirus outbreak. And containing the outbreak is critical to keeping Minnesota schools and businesses open.
COVID-19
Educators Call for Delay in Reopening Schools
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Educators and community members are worried about reopening classrooms in February.
COVID-19
Warehouse Workers Are on the Front Lines of the Covid Crisis. They’re Worried They’ll Be Passed Over for the Vaccine.
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Low-wage warehouse workers, many of whom are temporary, are demanding access to the vaccine.
COVID-19
Meat-Plant Workers Call for Vaccine Priority
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Meat-plant workers agree that health-care workers and the elderly should top the initial list, but the industry also is pushing for top priority.
Commentary
There’s Only One Way to Recover From the Pandemic: Together
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Despite the discrimination and stigma we often face, we are committed to strengthening and unifying the country we call home. No matter whether you’re black, white, or brown, we all bleed the same red blood.
COVID-19
Giving Thanks to Immigrants and Essential Workers
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Many immigrants are even more at risk as essential workers. Give thanks to them this holiday season!
Trump Races to Weaken Environmental and Worker Protections, and Implement Other Last-Minute Policies, Before Jan. 20
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The Trump administration is rushing to approve dozens of eleventh-hour policy changes. Among them: The Justice Department is fast-tracking a rule that could reintroduce firing squads and electrocutions to federal executions.
COVID-19
Workers Strike in Fargo
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Around 70 employees of food distribution company Cash-Wa began striking in North Dakota on Wednesday over concerns about COVID-19.
Community
The Enraging Deja Vu of a Third Coronavirus Wave
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Health care workers don’t need patronizing praise. They need resources, federal support, and for us to stay healthy and out of their hospitals. In many cases, none of that is happening.