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COVID Testing is Free, Fast and Encouraged for Frontline Workers

By Michael Moore (Union Advocate) | January 15, 2021

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.

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Educators Call for Delay in Reopening Schools

By Amie Stager | January 14, 2021

Educators and community members are worried about reopening classrooms in February.

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Warehouse Workers Are on the Front Lines of the Covid Crisis. They’re Worried They’ll Be Passed Over for the Vaccine.

By Kari Lydersen | December 14, 2020

Low-wage warehouse workers, many of whom are temporary, are demanding access to the vaccine.

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Meat-Plant Workers Call for Vaccine Priority

By Mike Moen (Public News Service) | December 9, 2020

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

Olmstead Medical Center

There’s Only One Way to Recover From the Pandemic: Together

By Danh Vo | December 7, 2020

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.

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Giving Thanks to Immigrants and Essential Workers

By Amie Stager | December 1, 2020

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

By Isaac Arnsdorf (ProPublica) | November 30, 2020

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.

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Workers Strike in Fargo

By Amie Stager | November 20, 2020

Around 70 employees of food distribution company Cash-Wa began striking in North Dakota on Wednesday over concerns about COVID-19.

Community

Nurse with mask

The Enraging Deja Vu of a Third Coronavirus Wave

By Caroline Chen | November 16, 2020

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.

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On the Frontlines of Democracy

By Amie Stager | November 2, 2020

As the COVID-19 health crisis surges in Minnesota, election workers are on the frontlines of democracy and the pandemic.