Community
White Minneapolis Police Officer Murdered an Unarmed Black Man in South Minneapolis
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“Please, please, please, I can’t breathe. Please, man,” Floyd can be heard saying to the officer.
Organizing
Organizing for a New Restaurant Industry
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“We can’t go back to normal, because normal wasn’t working,” said Hornstein. “The fact that we are also fighting for broader change in the industry. We know this isn’t just about our restaurants, but about workers across the industry, in the Twin Cities and the country.”
Organizing
Caribou Coffee Protests Continue
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Monday, Caribou Coffee frontline workers rallied for the second time in a month to demand their employer improve working conditions for employees during the COVID-19 pandemic. About 30 Caribou Coffee workers were joined by approximately 70 community allies.
COVID-19
Minnesota Home Care Workers & Clients Criticize Inaction in Addressing Care Crisis
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Home care workers and clients across Minnesota criticized inaction by Minnesota lawmakers following news that the bill that would have provided an emergency wage and benefit increase for the workers who care for Minnesota seniors and people with disabilities was not passed in the final hours of the 2020 legislative session.
COVID-19
Frontline Workers share Stories and Importance of Passing Labor Contracts
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The Minnesota House has already passed HF 2768, “but the Minnesota Senate has not scheduled a final vote, which appears to set up state workers as bait for end-of-session drama.” According to an emailed statement.
Community
Unions Respond to the Lifting of Minnesota’s Stay at Home Order
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In a statewide address Wednesday night, Gov. Tim Walz said the current stay-at-home order will expire at midnight Monday.
COVID-19
House Passes Labor Contracts; State Workers Urge the Senate to Follow Suit
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The Minnesota Senate still has not yet scheduled a vote on the contracts, despite there being only a week remaining in the legislative session.
COVID-19
Minnesotans Rally in Support of Pilgrim’s Pride Workers in Cold Spring, Minnesota
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Workers and their supporters held a “socially distanced car vigil demonstration.”
Audio
Organizing workers w/ Zenei Cortez, Kali Akuno, & Vijay Prashad
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This May Day special brings together international perspectives from nurses, workers cooperatives, and socialist movements.
COVID-19
New Website Documents Accountability Track Records of CARES Act Recipients
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The data collected shows that at least 16 of those corporations pay their workers less than the national median household income level. Five pay wages so low they fall below the poverty line for a family of four.