Audio
Organizing workers w/ Zenei Cortez, Kali Akuno, & Vijay Prashad
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This May Day special brings together international perspectives from nurses, workers cooperatives, and socialist movements.
COVID-19
The Pentagon Wants to Sacrifice Mexican and Indian Workers for U.S. Arms Industry Profits
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‘To protect the flow of supplies to U.S. military contractors, the Pentagon is pressuring Mexico and India to keep factories open, at the peril of Mexican and Indian workers.’
COVID-19
New Website Documents Accountability Track Records of CARES Act Recipients
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The data collected shows that at least 16 of those corporations pay their workers less than the national median household income level. Five pay wages so low they fall below the poverty line for a family of four.
Commentary
Lessons from Labor History Can Inform our Labor Movement During COVID-19 Crisis
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The current situation has led us to reconsider the Minneapolis Teamsters strikes of 1934. Their dramatic story shows that the labor movement is strongest when unions boldly organize workers on the job and in the community around a shared vision of fairness and justice.
Community
Response to May 2020 Interim Budget Projection
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Minnesota’s budget and economic outlook has significantly worsened since the coronavirus pandemic. A deficit of $2.426 billion is now projected for the current biennium
Commentary
On Workers Memorial Day and International Workers Day
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‘No Matter How Much We Flatten The Curve These Workers Are Most at Risk.’
COVID-19
Tensions Escalate Over a Proposed Bonding Bill
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Bonding Bill is being held up by House Minority Leader Daudt
Community
A Leaked CDC Document Projects Increased COVID-19 Deaths
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According to a CDC document COVID Deaths Projected To Increase To 3,000 Per Day By June 1
COVID-19
Los New Yorkers: Essential and Underprotected in the Pandemic’s Epicenter
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In a city besieged, undocumented New Yorkers have been left outside public measures to help those impacted by the spread of the coronavirus. Instead, they weigh impossible choices: medical help and exposure, safety or sustenance.
COVID-19
Unions Hold Vigil For Workers Exposed to COVID-19
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“To workers who have contracted COVID, this is for you,” Minnesota Nurses Association President Mary Turner said, opening the candlelight vigil as the sun set in St. Paul.