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George Floyd was not simply murdered by a knee on his neck, but by generations of open wounds worn raw from Black men and women and people of color being killed for simply existing.
In the summer of 1941, a musical group of labor activists known as The Almanac Singers climbed into a midnight blue Buick and blazed a trail across the USA, spreading the gospel of unionism and bringing folk music back to the people.
Retail janitors who work for sub-contractors cleaning Target and other stores in the Twin Cities completed a 48-hour strike against their employers recently.
Learn more about how child care workers plant seeds of hope for the next generation – and hear why they are seeking a voice on the job – in this new video.
Community groups recently joined locked-out workers in urging Target Corporation to boycott American Crystal Sugar, which locked out union employees on Aug. 1, 2011. View video of the event.
At their union’s Day on the Hill at the state Capitol in St. Paul, AFSCME members talked about the importance of growing the middle class.
The non-union workers who clean Target stores staged a one-day walkout Tuesday, starting with a rally late Monday night. View a video about their action.
Media consolidation and cross-ownership, where fewer and fewer big conglomerates determine the information Americans see, read and hear, shuts out women and minorities, a panel of experts on the issue says.
Janitors and security officers represented by Service Employees International Union Local 26 and retail cleaners of CTUL (Centro de Trabajadores Unidos en Lucha/Center of Workers United in Struggle) kicked off their contract campaign with a march through Minneapolis skyways.
The people locked out by American Crystal Sugar have given decades of work and foregone numerous holidays and family events for the company. They share their views in this new video.