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Workers and local labor community come together to commemorate Bloody Friday in Minneapolis. On July 20, 1934, the Minneapolis police attacked and opened fire on picketers in the streets of the Warehouse District. Police shot 67 strikers and killed two, Henry Ness and John Belor.

The 90th Anniversary of the 1934 Truckers' Strike Honors Minneapolis' Militant Labor History [VIDEO]

By Isabela Escalona | August 13, 2024

Descendants Honor 90th Anniversary of Ancestors’ Militant Labor Strike from Unicorn Riot on Vimeo.This video was produced in collaboration with Unicorn Riot and Workday Magazine. On July 27, workers, descendants of the strikers, and the local labor community came together at Wabun Park in Minneapolis to honor the 90th anniversary of the 1934 Truckers’ Strike that brought Minneapolis to a standstill and served as a spark for radical and militant labor struggle across the country. 

The strike lasted about three months, as Teamsters Local 574 truckers demanded a fair wage and official recognition of the union. The trucking companies had the support of the Citizens Alliance, an anti-trade union organization that sought to break the strike. The strike’s impact reverberated throughout the city, bringing much of the Minneapolis economy to a halt. 

After reaching an agreement, the trucking companies did not honor the terms and workers returned to the streets. On July 20, 1934, the Minneapolis police attacked and opened fire on picketers in the streets of the Warehouse District.

Across Industries, Minnesota Workers Are Harnessing Their Collective Power

Two lines of workers covered in white from head to toe stand at assembly lines slicing meat into red boxes with fluorescent lights overhead

This Union Wants Meatpacking Companies to Foot the Bill for Child Labor Prevention

A black woman wearing a blue long sleeve shirt stands at a podium raising her hand and pointing upwards, a brown woman holding a piece of paper and wearing a black scarf with rainbow details stands beside the podium in front of a background of multicolored banners

Minnesota Is Headed for a Workers vs. Bosses Showdown That’s 10 Years in the Making

“We Do the Behind-the-Scenes Work”: What it Takes to Lead a Union of Clerical Workers

Community
A man with a grey blazer stands at a podium between a man with a grey shirt and a man with a tan blazer in front of a sign that reads "BUILDING TRADES" and a logo of the state of Minnesota with a white hard hat

State Building Trades convention asks Governor Walz to call special session to pass bonding bill, complete unfinished business of 2022 legislature

By Steve Share (Minneapolis Labor Review) | September 1, 2022

The convention saw remarks from Governor Walz, MN Attorney General Keith Ellison, and passed 14 resolutions, including a call for a special session to pass a $1.4 billion bonding bill.

Commentary

Blood, “Sweat” and tears: The Guthrie Theater’s take on the human cost of the economy

By Amie Stager | August 9, 2022

The Twin Cities’ Guthrie Theater is producing a run of the Pulitzer Prize-winning drama about the lost dreams of workers in one of the poorest towns in the US.

Community
crowd of people holding signs that read "safe and stable schools" and one in the middle reading "i'm a teacher i've mastered waiting to get people's attention"

Transition and transformation at the Labor Education Service

By Amie Stager | July 8, 2022

The last two years have been some of the most difficult and transformative in the Labor Education Service’s 71-year existence.

Community
Women Building Success Winners

Women Building Success celebrates tradeswomen at awards ceremony

By Michael Moore (Union Advocate) | June 7, 2022

Union tradeswomen and labor leaders gathered June 1 in White Bear Lake for the Women Building Success Awards

Community
a man in a neon yellow construction jacket holds a silver bell, while people, some wearing neon yellow vests and white hard hats, line up in front of the worker's memorial with 13 white crosses

Unions honor fallen tradespeople on Workers Memorial Day

By Michael Moore (Union Advocate) | April 28, 2022

The annual day of reflection is also the anniversary of the creation of the federal Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) in 1971.

Community

Local labor movement’s solidarity vital for MFT

By Steve Share (Minneapolis Labor Review) | April 26, 2022

MFT’S strike fund continues to seek contributions

Commentary
Eviction Notice

How to Aid Seniors Who Need Help Paying Rent

By Don Hammen, Mary Morris, Rita Doucet, Chris Nelson, Tim Mungavin and Tom Beer | April 1, 2022

As the fastest growing segment of the homeless population, according to a recent Wilder Foundation report, low-income seniors do need a lot of help, and now.

Community
a close up of the starbucks green siren logo on a cardboard background in front of a pile of coffee beans

Why are Starbucks baristas unionizing?

By Amie Stager | March 25, 2022

Workers at three local Starbucks stores have announced efforts to organize unions and file for elections.

Community
Shar Knutson

Remembering Shar Knutson: ‘Her presence will be missed, but her legacy lives on’

By Michael Moore (Union Advocate) | February 23, 2022

Labor leaders who worked with Knutson recalled her attention to detail, quiet resolve and ambition

Wage Theft
Workers at Soda Stream Factory

In a Single Year, $1.78 Trillion Was Taken From the Working Class

By Eric Dirnbach and Colleen Boyle | February 4, 2022

The wealth workers should have received, had wages kept up with productivity, was instead given to shareholders.

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