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

By Sarah Lazare

“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.

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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 […]
Immigration

Dispatch From a Meat Packing Factory: “If We Unite as Workers, We Have the Power”

Read a Spanish-language version of this interview here. Dina Velasquez Escalante is a poultry worker in southwest Minnesota. She spends her workdays inspecting the chicken millions of Americans eat every day. She looks for tumors, stray bones and organs, and removes bile. After six years of hard work and cultivating expertise on almost every position […]
Immigration

Informe de una planta empacadora de carne: “Si nos unimos como trabajadores, tenemos el poder”

Este artículo también está disponible en inglés. Traducción de María Uhlmann Dina Velasquez Escalante trabaja en una planta avícola en el sudoeste de Minnesota. Su día de trabajo consiste en inspeccionar el pollo que millones de estadounidenses consumen a diario. Lo que busca son tumores, huesos y órganos, además de retirar la bilis. Luego de […]
Climate Change

Driving Transit in Rural Minnesota: A Bus Operator Reflects on Safety and Sustainability

Public transportation is a lifeline for small town residents in Minnesota. Syd Bauer explains how the bus plays a role in their commitment to climate justice and pandemic safety.