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
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.
Organizing
As Nonprofits Face Uncertain Times, Some Employees Look to Unionize
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“The people who drive the nonprofit ecosystem are billion-dollar foundations,” Virden said. “And yet a lot of our co-workers are working two or three jobs, part-time jobs on weekends or after work at Hope.”
Amazon
No picnics, no parades, but Freedom Library will mark Labor Day with virtual event on organizing Amazon
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The East Side Freedom Library in St. Paul will celebrate Labor Day early and online this year, with a virtual discussion about worker organizing at the world’s largest retailer, Amazon.
Organizing
Two Days after Workers Demanded Union recognition Surly Announces Staff Layoffs
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‘Say it with me: Union busting!!”
COVID-19
As New School Year Draws Near, Unions Push Districts For Answers
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“The communication that is received by staff and families is vague at best and non-existent at worst,” said Karin Hogan, an educator in the White Bear Lake Area Schools, where union members rallied before the school board tonight