Community
Through Her Lens
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Venezuelan-American Photographer Lexi Parra is moving away from the individualistic “I” and towards the collective “we” of creating art for the gain of many, not the personal success of one.
Media
Amazon Subcontractor Suspends 30 Workers
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Eclipse IA Workers supported by the Awood Center “marched on the boss” to deliver a letter to management outlining their concerns and demands
Government
Unions and Lawmakers Announce Legislation to Protect Meat and Poultry Workers
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The “Minnesota Safe Workplaces for Meat and Poultry Processing Workers Act” seeks to protect workers by ensuring their rights and benefits to a safe workplace.
Commentary
Movie Review: On The Killing Floor
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The whole film had me in a prolonged shudder, waiting for a moment I could rest and safely take a breath, a moment that never comes
Unions
Union and Allies Respond to the Governors Proposed Budget
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“Governor Walz’s budget proposal is a bold plan that invests in priorities to help working people recover from the COVID-19 pandemic while laying out a vision for a more just and equitable state.”
Unions
Union density increases in Minnesota. Unionization rates Increase Nationally.
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Minnesota’s union membership rate increased from 13.7% of the workforce in 2019 to 15.8%.
Organizing
Marathon Refinery Employees Denied Access After Union Offers To Unconditionally Return to Work While Talks Continue
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Teamsters report that Union employees offered to return to work last week. In a move the Union calls astounding and incredibly reckless, Employees were denied entry when they went to work.
COVID-19
The “Essential Worker” Swindle
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How this label is used to justify a social order in which workers are abused, discarded and left to die.
Government
Home Care Workers Celebrate $15 Minimum Wage in Tentative Agreement With State of Minnesota
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Even before COVID, many seniors, people with disabilities, and the families that support them are without the care that they need to stay safely in their homes. It is expected that the increase in wages and benefits will play a key role in combating the care crisis.
Community
East Side Freedom Library Co-Sponsors Event on Black Labor in the Making of America
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n collaboration with the University of Minnesota Department of History, the Ramsey County Historical Society, and the Labor and Working-Class History Association, ESFL is hosting an online conversation between the two leading scholars of Black labor in the United States: Dr. Joe W. Trotter, Jr., and Dr. William P. Jones.