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Organizing Against Police Unions Has Invigorated Hollywood’s Labor Movement, Members Say

By Alice Herman | July 10, 2020

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.

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Homepage Featured

With talks stuck in low gear, Metro Transit workers seek public support

AFGE Members
Organizing

Local veterans, workers call out Union Busting at VA

Defending the vote in communities of color: Scenes from a national groundswell

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Augsburg University staff have formed a union

COVID-19
Bethesda Workers

As hospital cuts loom in St. Paul, workers demand accountability, engagement from M Health Fairview

By Michael Moore (Union Advocate) | October 23, 2020

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
$15 Aiport Presser

Victory at MSP, as workers win $15 after Long Campaign

By Michael Moore (Union Advocate) | October 20, 2020

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
Marchers carry a banner displaying the words "We Rise With People Power"

How Unions Can Bridge the Gap Between Climate and Labor Movements

By Mindy Isser (In These Times) | October 9, 2020

The unionization of environmental organizations is changing the climate justice movement for the better. Here’s how.

Amazon
Amazon Protest

Thursday Night Shakopee Amazon Workers Walked Out

By Filiberto Nolasco Gomez | October 2, 2020

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

By Michael Moore (Union Advocate) | September 30, 2020

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 rally in Boston

Unite Here Is 85% Unemployed and Still Fighting Like Hell

By Hamilton Nolan (In These Times) | September 21, 2020

The economically devastated union is knocking on more doors than the entire Democratic Party

Community
Striking Spyhouse Worker

Frontline Workers Demand Workplace Protections, not Just Praise

By Filiberto Nolasco Gomez | September 21, 2020

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

By Jeff Schuhrke | September 17, 2020

‘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

By Indigo Oliver (In These Times) | September 15, 2020

Inside the groundbreaking student organizing drive at Kenyon College.’

Organizing
Surly Worker Protest

Workers tap into community support, put Surly on notice: ‘We’re not done here’

By Michael Moore (Union Advocate) | September 8, 2020

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.

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