A Broken Union Election System
Today, EPI released a new report providing an inside account of how employers routinely threaten, intimidate, and harass workers to stop them from exercising their right to collective bargaining.
Government
Media
FRONTLINE: Covid’s Hidden Toll
How the COVID crisis has hit vulnerable immigrants and undocumented workers who have helped keep America fed during the pandemic.
Media
Protesters Demand Action for Home Care Workers and Clients
On July 1st home care workers & clients demand emergency funding increase from legislators as low pay & benefits continue to hurt seniors & people with disabilities facing a“care crisis” made worse by COVID-19
#GeorgeFloyd
Former Employees Challenge Angel Food Bakeries Commitment to #BLM
The recent sympathy towards #BLM is a reflection of corporate opportunism.
Media
Worker Action at Tattersall
Tattersall front of house and bottlers have decided to unionize with Unite Here! Local 17. Tattersall Distilling management have declined to recognize their union.
Amazon
Leaked Memo Reveals Amazon Misled the Public and Workers About COVID-19 Spread in Minnesota
“For months, Amazon has been sitting on information that could have helped prevent workers in my facility from getting sick and spreading the virus to our families.”
#GeorgeFloyd
Tattersall Workers are Trying to Form a Union
Earlier today Tattersall workers made public their intention to form a union.
Amazon
‘I Feel Like I Almost Died’
On a Wednesday afternoon Zoom press conference, Hibaq Mohamed asserted that it’s likely the number is higher saying, “you can not trust the number of confirmed cases.”
Wage Theft
Minnesota Department of Labor and Industry secures nearly $315K in back wages for workers in Digi-Key Project
The back-wage amounts ranged from less than $100 to more than $11,000 in payments to individual workers.
Media
Seward Co-op Workers Hold a 2pm Work Stoppage
The workers called upon their own store leadership and their union UFCW Local 663 to publicly support the “defunding” and “dismantling” of the Minneapolis Police Department.