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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.’

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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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Union Logos

As Nonprofits Face Uncertain Times, Some Employees Look to Unionize

By Michael Moore (Union Advocate) | September 4, 2020

“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.”

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No picnics, no parades, but Freedom Library will mark Labor Day with virtual event on organizing Amazon

By Michael Moore (Union Advocate) | September 3, 2020

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

By Filiberto Nolasco Gomez | September 2, 2020

‘Say it with me: Union busting!!”

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Teacher Protesting

As New School Year Draws Near, Unions Push Districts For Answers

By Michael Moore (Union Advocate) | August 25, 2020

“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

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Tettersall Rally

Tattersall Workers Make History With Union Vote, Raising Hopes For Industry-Wide Reform

By Michael Moore (Union Advocate) | August 21, 2020

Collective bargaining is in the mix for workers at Tattersall Distilling in Minneapolis after they voted in favor of joining together in a union.

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Teamster for Black Lives

Brooklyn Teamsters Protest UPS Harassment of Black Shop Stewards

By Jonah Furman | July 31, 2020

A hundred members of Teamsters Local 804 gathered outside a Brooklyn UPS hub July 20 to protest management’s harassment of a Black shop steward and efforts to divide the workforce along racial lines.

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