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“The heart of the work has been telling workers’ stories”: A Reflection on 20 Years in Labor Journalism

By Isabela Escalona

A crowd of protestors holding signs, one up close reads "The Working Class holds the Power"

Every Life Is a World: Sarah Jaffe on the Power of Collective Grief

An argument for public memorialization as a path through the crises of capitalism.

Recent Posts

Midwest

Can a National Strike Save a Closed Plant? A Town Depends On It.

The UAW is calling up locals to stand by workers in Belvidere and hold Stellantis to its promises.
Minnesota

“I Know My Worth”: What it Takes to Unionize the Service Industry

Despite the popularity of unions being at a record high, workers in the food service industry face an uphill battle when it comes to fighting for collective bargaining rights. Hospitality unions and workers are trying to change that.
Environment

A Taste of Working-Class Environmentalism with a Hospital Cook from Albert Lea

A cook and farmer on climate, labor, and the community organizing ecosystem in Minnesota.
Book Review

Labor’s Reckoning: What We Can Learn From the Cold War History of the AFL-CIO

An interview with the author of ‘Blue-Collar Empire,’ a forthcoming book that uncovers the AFL-CIO’s Cold War-era involvement in undermining left-wing and anti-imperialist labor movements abroad.
Minnesota

Minnesota Workers Strike Down Shady Provision That Restricts Their Freedom of Employment

This article is a joint publication of Workday Magazine and The American Prospect. Michael Rubke, a desk attendant at La Rive condo complex in Minneapolis, is fighting for a union against a behemoth building management company, FirstService Residential of Minnesota, that has a near-monopoly on high-rise condos in the Twin Cities. It’s been a difficult […]
Community

The 90th Anniversary of the 1934 Truckers’ Strike Honors Minneapolis’ Militant Labor History [VIDEO]

Descendants Honor 90th Anniversary of Ancestors’ Militant Labor Strike from Unicorn Riot on Vimeo. This video was produced in collaboration with Unicorn Riot and Workday Magazine. On July 27, workers, descendants of the strikers, and the local labor community came together at Wabun Park in Minneapolis to honor the 90th anniversary of the 1934 Truckers’ […]

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