Government
Inside the First-Ever Young Worker March on Washington
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Federal workers who led the first-ever young workers march on Washington want to see young workers rise up across the U.S. and demand more from their employers and government.
Unions
“We Will Not Stop Until ICE Is Abolished”: Nurses Hold Week of Action Following Murder of Alex Pretti
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Nurses say Alex Pretti was upholding his oath to advocate for and protect his patients and community, and they are demanding the abolition of ICE.
Minnesota
“We Are Facing a Tsunami of Hate”: Amid ICE Crackdown, Unions and Community Groups Call for Minnesota Shutdown in 10 Days
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This article is a joint publication of Workday Magazine and In These Times. Unions and community groups gathered in front of the Hennepin County Government Center in downtown Minneapolis, Minnesota this morning to announce a day of “no work, no school, no shopping” on January 23 to oppose the ferocious assault on the state by federal immigration authorities. “We are facing a tsunami of hate from our own federal government,” Abdikarim Khasim, a Minnesota rideshare driver, told the crowd. “We’re going to shut it down on the 23rd. We’re going to overcome this.”
JaNaé Bates Imari, representative of the church Camphor Memorial UMC., told the crowd that the joint action will be “a day when every single Minnesotan who loves this state—who loves the idea of truth and freedom—will refuse to work, shop and go to school.
Minnesota
“You’re There for the Kids”: Minnesota Childcare Worker Speaks Out Amid Disastrous Cuts
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Facing uncertainty, childcare workers and providers are calling for leaders to take action against a federal freeze in funding.
Community
“No More Terrorizing Families”: Minnesota Workers Rally Against ICE Deportation Flights
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Workers are demanding facilities for rideshare drivers and an end to the airport’s operation of deportation flights.
Minnesota
“It Restores My Faith in Humanity”: Why Minnesota Workers Are Joining the Starbucks Strike
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Minnesota workers rally in support of striking baristas.
Media
Get on the Job and Organize with Inside Organizer School
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How a new generation of leaders is reviving the labor movement.
Minnesota
Why Twin City Tanning Workers are On Strike
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Workers who prepare leather and fat for footwear and collagen are on a historic strike for better wages.
42 Students and 1 Adult: Minneapolis Educators Demand Safe Staffing
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Union and community members rallied in support of Minneapolis Federation of Educators Local 59 before the union went into mediation with Minneapolis Public Schools.
Media
“We Cannot Water Down Our Proposals Any More”: UMN Teamsters Go on Strike
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Facilities and food service workers went on a rolling strike across the state.