Fair State, Schell’s brew together to celebrate solidarity
Minnesota’s oldest and newest union breweries have teamed up to craft a beer celebrating solidarity in the workplace.
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After leaving auto industry, retired Machinist preps others for entry-level work
Greg Kinne isn’t letting the knowledge he gained over nearly five decades in the automotive industry go to waste in retirement. The former Machinist is sharing what he knows with a new generation of workers at the Twin Cities School.
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“How Do I Know if I am Traumatized?”
As we continued chatting, he asked thoughtfully, “how do I know if I am traumatized?” As someone that is public about my PTSD, it’s a reasonable question from a friend. To my surprise, I had no immediate answer.
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49ers’ courses offer high schoolers ‘3-for-1’ credit opportunity
Operating Engineers Local 49 is hoping a new partnership with Minnesota Virtual Academy will draw more high-school graduates into the union’s registered apprenticeship program – and help meet future demand for skilled, trained workers in the heavy-equipment industry
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St. Paul unions take on new role getting fresh food to families
Local unions are stepping up this winter to connect thousands of Minnesotans with free, fresh food available through the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Farmers to Families Food Box program.
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Essential, but Unprotected
When a farmworker nearly died from COVID-19, Spokane’s Latinx community stepped in where the system failed.
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The Labor Movement grieves the Loss of former Chicago Teachers Union President Karen GJ Lewis
‘Karen did not just lead our movement. Karen was our movement.’
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How the Deep Roots of Farm Labor Solidarity Helped Wisconsin Survive the Pandemic
A century of agrarian organizing pays off.
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Through Her Lens
Venezuelan-American Photographer Lexi Parra is moving away from the individualistic “I” and towards the collective “we” of creating art for the gain of many, not the personal success of one.
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East Side Freedom Library Co-Sponsors Event on Black Labor in the Making of America
n collaboration with the University of Minnesota Department of History, the Ramsey County Historical Society, and the Labor and Working-Class History Association, ESFL is hosting an online conversation between the two leading scholars of Black labor in the United States: Dr. Joe W. Trotter, Jr., and Dr. William P. Jones.