The labor movement is split on the question of cops. While union officials have signaled their tempered support for police unions, the push to expel law enforcement from the movement has grown quickly in the rank-and-file.
COVID-19
As hospital cuts loom in St. Paul, workers demand accountability, engagement from M Health Fairview
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With hundreds of jobs at stake, union nurses and health care workers are sounding the alarm on M Health Fairview’s plan to slash services at two St. Paul hospitals and close 16 clinics across the region.
Government
Victory at MSP, as workers win $15 after Long Campaign
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The working people who keep Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport running, who keep it clean and who have made it safe for travelers during the COVID-19 crisis are about to get a well-deserved raise.
Environment
How Unions Can Bridge the Gap Between Climate and Labor Movements
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The unionization of environmental organizations is changing the climate justice movement for the better. Here’s how.
Amazon
Thursday Night Shakopee Amazon Workers Walked Out
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The walkout comes amid rising concerns that “time off task” violations are used to target and retaliate against workers.
Organizing
Fighting for pandemic protections, workers at two Allina hospitals set New Strike Date
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At issue is whether some 200 workers at St. Francis Regional Medical Center in Shakopee and Abbott Northwestern Hospital in Minneapolis maintain their pay and benefits if exposed to COVID-19 and forced to quarantine.
COVID-19
Unite Here Is 85% Unemployed and Still Fighting Like Hell
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The economically devastated union is knocking on more doors than the entire Democratic Party
Community
Frontline Workers Demand Workplace Protections, not Just Praise
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Thursday evening, a coalition of Twin Cities community organizations and labor unions hosted the digital Minnesota Forum on COVID-19, Frontline Workers, and Racial Justice.
Organizing
Healthcare Workers Are Leading the Largest Strike Ever at the University of Illinois-Chicago
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‘In the face of a deadly pandemic, UIC’s largely Black and Latino hospital workforce is demanding workplace safety and livable wages.’
Organizing
Meet the Students Trying to Organize the First Campus-Wide Undergraduate Union
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Inside the groundbreaking student organizing drive at Kenyon College.’
Organizing
Workers tap into community support, put Surly on notice: ‘We’re not done here’
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Credit Surly for this much: the union-busting craft brewer inspired one raucous Labor Day-weekend rally, drawing nearly 200 people into the streets outside its destination beer hall in Minneapolis today.