Minnesota Is Headed for a Workers vs. Bosses Showdown That’s 10 Years in the Making
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Labor and community organizations who have been aligning for years are escalating their fights at the same time.
Community
“We Do the Behind-the-Scenes Work”: What it Takes to Lead a Union of Clerical Workers
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A conversation with the former president of the clerical workers union at the University of Minnesota.
Essay
Minnesota Women Labor Journalists Uplifted Working People for Decades
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Was objectivity really a historical norm? Not for these pioneering labor journalists and advocates.
Minnesota
“We Won’t Let Them Destroy Us”: Nurses at Illinois Hospital Strike Over Thanksgiving Week
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Nurses say unfair labor practices and denial of a staffing crisis are leaving workers with no choice but to strike during the holidays.
Minnesota
“What Could We Win Together?” Labor in Minnesota Gears up for a Major Escalation
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With a string of contracts expiring in the new year, Minnesota unions and community groups are gathering to unite around a strategy for a cleaner environment and better jobs, housing and schools.
They Sacrificed to Survive Bankruptcy. They Worked Through A Pandemic. Now, Autoworkers Have Had Enough.
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“I want to see them return what they promised to the workers that saved the company,” says a striking Stellantis worker in Minnesota.
“We Can’t Eat Prestige”: Inside the Unionization of the Science Museum of Minnesota
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The NLRB recently reinstated six workers at the Science Museum of Minnesota. Workers say the museum is still breaking labor law and failing to bargain in good faith.
Minnesota
Why Do We Let Our Bosses Control Our Health Care?
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A Q&A with Rose Roach, the new national coordinator for the Labor Campaign for Single Payer, which wants to take health care off the bargaining table by establishing a single-payer health care system in the U.S.
Midwest
“We Are Drowning”: Nurses Say Illinois Hospital Plagued With Unsafe Staffing
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Nurses warn Ascension St. Joseph Medical Center in Joliet is failing to comply with a 2021 Illinois law to ensure safe staffing. Now, they’re fighting for improvements at the bargaining table.
Government
How Minnesota’s New Paid Family and Medical Leave Protects LGBTQ+ Working Families
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On Wednesday, as Gov. Tim Walz signed a $72 billion “One Minnesota” budget into law, he also passed paid family and medical leave.