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.
Organizing
The Greater Minnesota Worker Center is Hiring
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For the right organizer it’s an opportunity to be a part of building an enduring organizing program to advance the interests of working people In a region of the state that is often overlooked.
Amazon
Amazon Offers $2,000 “Resignation Bonuses” to Bust Union Drive in Alabama
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As the historic union election at Amazon in Alabama heats up, Amazon is pulling all the tricks to stop the union.
Organizing
Budget axe falls on School District 197’s frontline workers
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Despite putting their health at risk while providing essential care during the pandemic, paraprofessionals in the West St. Paul-Mendota Heights-Eagan Area Schools learned Tuesdy night that the district will lay off up to 12 full-time workers from their ranks and replace them with temporary hires.
Organizing
Community Rallies Around Refinery Workers as Marathon Lockout Enters Third Week
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Nearly 200 Teamsters, along with community members and elected officials, are collectively resisting the company’s efforts to replace staffing at the Marathon oil refinery in St. Paul Park.
Organizing
Marathon Refinery Employees Denied Access After Union Offers To Unconditionally Return to Work While Talks Continue
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Teamsters report that Union employees offered to return to work last week. In a move the Union calls astounding and incredibly reckless, Employees were denied entry when they went to work.
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With talks stuck in low gear, Metro Transit workers seek public support
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Members of Amalgamated Transit Union Local 1005 have authorized a strike, held informational picketing and, most recently, petitioned the governor – all in an effort to shift their contract talks with Metro Transit into higher gear.
Organizing
Local veterans, workers call out Union Busting at VA
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“It’s just another effort to destabilize the VA because, ultimately, they want to privatize the VA,” AFGE District 8 Vice President Gregg James said. “There are trillions of dollars available if millions of veterans have to go downtown to ge their care.”
Elections
Defending the vote in communities of color: Scenes from a national groundswell
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Community organizations are doubling down to mobilize and defend the vote.
Organizing
Augsburg University staff have formed a union
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Professional and clerical workers at Augsburg University put the Minneapolis school on notice yesterday that they have organized a union with Local 12 of the Office and Professional Employees International Union.
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.