Community
Launching the new Workday Minnesota
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The next iteration of Workday will better house the rigor and depth of the journalism we have been producing.
Uncategorized
Texas AFL-CIO on El Paso Shootings, White Supremacy
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The labor movement in Texas has repeatedly spoken out about domestic terrorism, white supremacy and bigotry. We condemn hatred of any group with all the forces at our command. No more.
Immigration
On the Front Lines of Trump’s Immigration War in the U.S. Heartland
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Worthington, Minnesota, home to a major meatpacking plant with a majority immigrant workforce, is a microcosm of an expanding border regime where a power struggle unfolds between longtime residents and newcomers.
Uncategorized
Smart Grid Study Predicts More Growth in Energy Sector Jobs
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Clean energy jobs are booming, especially in Minnesota. Employment in Minnesota’s energy sector could increase by 300 percent, according to a recent study conducted by the McKnight Foundation.
Community
The Hub Co-op: A Democratic Workplace
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The Hub is a worker cooperative, meaning the employees of the shop are also its owners. There are no outside shareholders or investors who dictate how the company is run, and there are no managers or bosses. The decisions are voted on democratically by either the workers or worker-owners.
Investigative
Board Packets Reveal What is Generating Financial Problems at Seward
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The underlying issues at Seward are related to the fumbled expansion and opening of the Friendship Store and the Co-op Creamery.
Investigative
At Seward Community Co-op, Workers get Squeezed as Financial Problems Mount
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The mismanagement that has led to financial losses is disproportionately affecting workers on the floor.
Co-Ops
Seward Community Co-op is Facing Unprecedented Financial Challenges
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Internal documents reveal that Seward is struggling to meet its own sales projections while habitually understaffing.
Co-Ops
Turbulence Continues at Seward Community Co-op as a Board Member is Removed
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On Tuesday, Aug. 29, the Seward Co-op Board of Directors voted unanimously to remove Workday Minnesota editor and now former Seward board director Filiberto Nolasco Gomez from the board.