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Organizing

Twin Cities Nurses Picket, Demand Hospitals put Patients over Profits

By Michael Moore (Union Advocate) | June 3, 2022

On a combined picket line outside United and Children’s hospitals in St. Paul, nurses said the crisis facing their profession demands urgency and bold action to keep nurses from leaving the bedside.

a man in a neon yellow construction jacket holds a silver bell, while people, some wearing neon yellow vests and white hard hats, line up in front of the worker's memorial with 13 white crosses
Community

Unions honor fallen tradespeople on Workers Memorial Day

By Michael Moore (Union Advocate) | April 28, 2022

The annual day of reflection is also the anniversary of the creation of the federal Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) in 1971.

Protesting Carpenter Union Members
Unions

Union carpenters spotlight tax fraud in construction industry

By Michael Moore (Union Advocate) | April 15, 2022

Union carpenters across the Midwest this week are calling out contractors who commit payroll fraud to gain an unfair leg up in bidding on construction jobs

Worker protest in Mexico
Organizing

“We Are Fed Up”: A Second Mexican Auto Plant Moves to Organize Independent Union

By Luis Feliz Leon | February 24, 2022

Maquiladora workers in a border city are trying to oust their employer-friendly union, and switch to a truly independent one

Job Scam Graphic
Community

Scammers Are Using Fake Job Ads to Steal People’s Identities

By Cezary Podkul (ProPublica) | October 29, 2021

From Facebook to LinkedIn to Indeed, ads are popping up that promise well-paying jobs — if applicants provide their Social Security numbers and other details up front. Scammers then use the information to apply for unemployment benefits.

Illustration Call Workers
Investigative

The Women on the Other End of the Phone

By Brooke Stephenson (ProPublica) | August 2, 2021

Women make up an overwhelming majority of the customer service workers in the U.S. who work for low pay and zero benefits. Why are these jobs so gendered? And how can we be better customers for the women who work them?

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Community

The “FairVote Five” Fired after Forming a Union

By Amie Stager, Associate Editor | July 29, 2021

Five employees from FairVote Minnesota helped to democratize their communities, and democratized their workplace. Then, their employer let them go.

a large crowd of marchers and protestors make their way down the street
Community

May Day in Minneapolis

By Amie Stager, Associate Editor | May 6, 2021

May Day, or International Workers’ Day, is a day to celebrate workers across the globe.

Organizing

More local nonprofit workers take union drives public

By Michael Moore (Union Advocate) | April 26, 2021

Organizing among Twin Cities nonprofit workers continues to bear fruit, as employees at two local organizations, Beacon Interfaith Housing Collaborative and Headway Emotional Health Services, have gone public with union campaigns this month.

Vanilla Bear Films
Commentary

Film stimulus would position Minnesota to capitalize on pent-up demand for new TV, movie production

By Casey Lewis (SAG-AFTRA) | March 22, 2021

The film stimulus bill is designed to encourage out-of-state production companies to come here to make their content, employing Minnesotans, buying Minnesota goods and services, and paying Minnesota taxes, while building a foundation for that industry to thrive here

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