Minneapolis residents who have been raising funds for neighbors who have been unable to work due to Operation Metro Surge are urging city leaders to take action to prevent an eviction crisis.
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Minnesota Teachers and Grocery Workers: ICE Out of Our Workplaces
“No More Terrorizing Families”: Minnesota Workers Rally Against ICE Deportation Flights
What Does the Land Know? Ricardo Levins Morales on Art and Organizing
The 90th Anniversary of the 1934 Truckers' Strike Honors Minneapolis' Militant Labor History [VIDEO]
Across Industries, Minnesota Workers Are Harnessing Their Collective Power
Minnesota workers and community groups have worked toward this moment for over a decade. It’s paying off.
This Union Wants Meatpacking Companies to Foot the Bill for Child Labor Prevention
Child labor law violations have been increasing in the U.S. and a Minnesota union local has an innovative solution.
Minnesota Is Headed for a Workers vs. Bosses Showdown That’s 10 Years in the Making
Labor and community organizations who have been aligning for years are escalating their fights at the same time.
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“We Do the Behind-the-Scenes Work”: What it Takes to Lead a Union of Clerical Workers
A conversation with the former president of the clerical workers union at the University of Minnesota.
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State Building Trades convention asks Governor Walz to call special session to pass bonding bill, complete unfinished business of 2022 legislature
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.
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Blood, “Sweat” and tears: The Guthrie Theater’s take on the human cost of the economy
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.
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Transition and transformation at the Labor Education Service
The last two years have been some of the most difficult and transformative in the Labor Education Service’s 71-year existence.
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Women Building Success celebrates tradeswomen at awards ceremony
Union tradeswomen and labor leaders gathered June 1 in White Bear Lake for the Women Building Success Awards
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Unions honor fallen tradespeople on Workers Memorial Day
The annual day of reflection is also the anniversary of the creation of the federal Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) in 1971.
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Local labor movement’s solidarity vital for MFT
MFT’S strike fund continues to seek contributions