Workday Magazine (https://workdaymagazine.org/category/immigration/page/7/)
The impact of immigration, new languages and new cultures on Minnesota?s work places will be the subject of a lunchtime seminar Jan. 25, sponsored by the Twin City Area Labor Management Council.
A five-person panel including Minnesota Attorney General Mike Hatch will discuss how recent federal laws are affecting constitutional liberties, the rights of immigrants and the future of communities at a program titled “Balancing Civil Rights and Security” Thursday, Jan. 13.
Five days after they left the Twin Cities, Minnesota Freedom Riders completed the last leg of their journey Monday with a march to downtown Minneapolis and a rally to call attention to the need for immigration reform.
The Minnesota Freedom Ride rolled into Willmar Sunday, with a message to immigrants about registering and voting. The ride concludes today with a rally at 4 p.m. on Government Plaza in downtown Minneapolis.
“Freedom Riders” boarded a bus Thursday in Minneapolis for a four-day journey to call attention to the contributions of immigrants and to seek reforms in federal, state and local policies.
The Minnesota Freedom Ride, a statewide mobilization “to reward work and restore democracy for all,” will begin Thursday with buses crisscrossing the state. Modeled after last year’s national Immigrant Workers Freedom Ride, the Minnesota ride will focus on cities in Greater Minnesota that have growing immigrant populations.
In the spirit of marches led by the legendary farm worker leader Cesar Chavez, Minnesota migrant workers will start a 68-mile journey Friday, Oct. 1, from Owatonna to Minneapolis.
Minnesota organizers of last year?s Immigrant Workers Freedom Ride and labor activist Jon Youngdahl were honored Saturday night at Progressive Minnesota?s annual ?Winning Big? awards dinner.
For more than 70 years, families have journeyed 1,350 miles from the Texas-Mexico border to work in canning operations in Owatonna, Minn. Soon, the approximately 100 temporary employees of Lakeside Foods may form their own, independent union ? the United Workers of the North.
Minnesota Labor 2004 coordinator Jon Youngdahl and the Immigrant Workers Freedom Ride are among honorees at Progressive Minnesota?s annual Winning Big banquet Sept. 18.