International
The Chicago Teachers Union Wants to End Student Homelessness at the Bargaining Table
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In its next contract, the CTU is demanding housing for up to 15,000 unhoused students.
Book Review
Expand or Perish: Hamilton Nolan’s Simple Message to the Labor Movement
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A conversation with a labor journalist and author eager to see labor seize on the post-pandemic surge of union enthusiasm.
Across Industries, Minnesota Workers Are Harnessing Their Collective Power
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Minnesota workers and community groups have worked toward this moment for over a decade. It’s paying off.
Workers
La historia laboral más importante en este momento está en Minnesota. Podría ser el modelo que todos necesitamos.
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Brenda Johnson de la Federación de Maestros de Minneapolis Local 59 y Eva López de SEIU Local 26 en una reunión en octubre de 2023 donde muchos de los grupos comunitarios y sindicatos alineados alrededor de la fecha límite de hoy del 2 de marzo elaboraron estrategias sobre la mejor manera de aprovechar su poder colectivo. (PHOTO CREDIT: CORTESIA DE GEOFF DITTBERNER, SEIU MINNESOTA)
Minnesota
Minnesota’s Labor Spring Has Arrived. Here’s What’s Going Down.
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Unions and community groups are uniting in a week of action to win broad social demands, from dignified work to public housing to better schools.
History
An Interview with John See: Labor Historian and Video Innovator on Nearly 40 Years of Service to the Minnesota Labor Movement
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In October 2023, John See worked his last day at the Labor Education Service (LES) after a 39 year tenure. His office was a treasure trove of Minnesota union history—adorned with vintage Teamsters trucker hats, retro pins from the 70s, and a constant stack of VHS tapes digitizing onto one of the half dozen monitors where he was often seen fervently editing videos and coordinating audio visual work for major conventions. While See’s office may be cleared from the nearly four decades of ephemera, his legacy and dedication to Minnesota’s labor movement continues.
See concluded his career with a massive, archival project. He digitized thousands of tapes of the public access program, Minnesota at Work, which aired from 1984 into the early 2000s, featuring workers speaking about their lives and working conditions, working with Randy Croce, Howard Kling, and the late Martin Duffy. Along with Minnesota at Work, many different kinds of programs have been archived.
Workers
The Most Important Labor Story Right Now Is in Minnesota—It Might Be the Model We All Need
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A strategic alignment of major networks of unions and community groups in Minnesota have worked together for more than a decade to leverage their collective power.