As the Wisconsin state legislature attempts to pass legislation standardizing general education requirements, educators warn liberal arts programs could pay the price.
Immigration
“Even When They Gas Us”: Hundreds Brave Tear Gas, Pepper Balls to Protest ICE
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For weeks, protesters have gathered at the Broadview detention center.
Midwest
ICE Abducts Man Suing Off-Duty Police for Abusing Day Laborers
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“The Department of Homeland Security has become the department of state terror,” said Rep. Delia Ramirez.
Midwest
How One Teamsters Local Is Striking to Protect Immigrant Workers
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The union wants bosses to turn away immigration authorities unless they show a signed judicial warrant, but resistance is fierce.
Midwest
Construction Bosses Are Using Elaborate Schemes to Harm Workers
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This article is a joint publication of Workday Magazine and The American Prospect. In 2020, Alejandro was working a construction job in the Madison, Wisconsin, metro area, doing texture, painting, and drywall on residential homes, when his boss asked him to do something strange. The boss gave Alejandro a check, and told him to go to a local bakery to cash it. He was then instructed to use that cash to pay himself and his co-worker for their labor. Alejandro, who arrived in the U.S. from Mexico in 2019 and is now 29, was unfamiliar with employment practices in this country and did as he was told, paying himself $800 every two weeks.
Midwest
“No abran la puerta”: Cómo Chicago está frustrando la campaña de miedo de ICE
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Meses de trabajo para conocer sus derechos han hecho que el zar fronterizo de Trump se queje.
Midwest
“Don’t Open the Door”: How Chicago Is Frustrating ICE’s Campaign of Fear
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Months of know-your-rights work has Trump’s border czar complaining.
Midwest
The Power of Sugar Beets: Long-time Labor Organizer on Politics in the Red River Valley
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As sugar beet harvesting season comes and goes in the Red River Valley, a labor organizer and leader reflects on worker power in the region.
Midwest
Can a National Strike Save a Closed Plant? A Town Depends On It.
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The UAW is calling up locals to stand by workers in Belvidere and hold Stellantis to its promises.
International
The Auto Workers Who Stand with Gaza
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More than half of organized labor in the US is part of a union that has called for a permanent cease-fire in Gaza. One worker explains why.
Midwest
The UAW Strike Saved Their Shuttered Plant, But the Fight Is Just Beginning
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The revival of the Stellantis plant is a stunning reversal of fortunes for Belvidere, Ill. But workers say they won’t rest until they see the concrete being poured.