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Guthrie Theater’s Front-of-House Workers Fight for a First Contract

By Isabela Escalona

around 2 dozen people wearing winter gear, matching grey beanies, stand in the snow holding picket signs reading "on strike" and "fair wages" and "union strong SEIU"

Minnesota Healthcare Workers in Deer River Continue Historic Strike

Around 70 workers with SEIU Healthcare Minnesota & Iowa are staying strong on the picket lines against nonprofit Essentia Health.

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Government

La lucha por los estándares laborales continúa en Minneapolis

La financiación para el co-cumplimiento de los estándares laborales ha sido aprobada, mientras que una propuesta del Concejo de Estándares Laborales está en juego.
Minnesota

Audio-Visual Crew for the Minnesota Timberwolves and Lynx Win Union

After decades of misclassification and one failed union vote in 2017, the Timberwolves and Lynx audio-visual crew won their union—making them the second audio-visual union in Minnesota professional sports.
Government

The Fight for Labor Standards Continues in Minneapolis

Funding for labor standards co-enforcement is approved as a Labor Standards Board proposal hangs in the balance.
International

Bosses Are Retaliating Against Workers for Showing Solidarity With Palestinians

Workers are losing their jobs and professional opportunities for expressing pro-Palestinian sentiment. Others are choosing to self-censor amid a climate of fear.
Minnesota

Wall Street Took Over a Vital Sign Language Service—And Started Union Busting

This article is a joint publication of Workday Magazine and In These Times. “Do no harm” is the guiding principle of American Sign Language (ASL) interpreters’ professional code of conduct. But when Joe Klug, 28, worked as a Video Relay Service (VRS) interpreter for a Twin Cities metro area office of Purple Communications, he says this principle was […]
Minnesota

Audio-Visual Crew for the Timberwolves and Lynx Set to Vote for a Union, a Decade in the Making

The professional Minnesota basketball teams’ audio and visual crew are set to vote by mail after union busting and decades of misclassification.