Workers who prepare leather and fat for footwear and collagen are on a historic strike for better wages.
Minnesota
Hormel Allegedly Stole Paid Sick Leave Benefit From Meatpacking Workers
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A landmark sick leave law passed in 2023 is paying dividends for Minnesota workers. But now, workers are alleging that Hormel refused to comply.
Open Bargaining Builds Union Democracy. Twin Cities Educators Show How.
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Union members speak on the benefits of opening up collective bargaining to membership and the public.
Minnesota
Workers Say Wedge Co-op Restricting Freedom to Express Solidarity With Palestinians
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Workers and co-op members are organizing against a new dress code policy that they say restricts their freedom of expression in the workplace.
Minnesota
What Does it Take to Truly Take Care of a Patient? Nurses Say Safe Staffing Levels.
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As the Minnesota Nurses Association negotiates a new contract, safe staffing levels are the top concern for members.
Immigration
Minnesota’s Labor Movement is Demanding an End to ICE Raids
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From Lake Street to Los Angeles, union leaders, organizers, and members have been on the front lines of resistance against Trump’s mass deportation agenda.
Minnesota
Minneapolis Celebrates 50 Years of International Sex Workers’ Day
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Minneapolis sex workers and allies take the downtown streets to honor organizing within their sector.
Minnesota
University of Minnesota Food Service Workers Allege Discrimination and Abuse
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The union says the labor relations system is in shambles, and low-wage employees are subject to severe mistreatment.
Immigration
“For the Workers, Not the Billionaires”: Minnesota’s May Day Actions
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Thousands of workers gathered on the steps of the Minnesota state capitol on May 1, or International Workers Day, un support of union and immigrant rights. Photo by Amie Stager.
History
Three Times Workers Resisted Fascism in Minnesota History
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Historical examples of workers resisting the oligarchical forces of fascism and authoritarianism.
Minnesota
University of Minnesota Unions Say University is Capitulating to Trump Admin, Rally Against Detention of International Student
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On March 31, workers, students, and allies rallied together on the steps of Johnston Hall, which contains the office of the University of Minnesota President Rebecca Cunningham’s, to protest what they criticize as the University’s failure to forcefully object to ICE’s recent abduction of a graduate student, and an onslaught of University policies limiting the freedom of speech across campus. By assembling in the hundreds, the crowd challenged the University’s policy that any gathering of more than 100 people must have a permit obtained two weeks in advance. The rally was organized by AFSCME 3800, representing about 6,500 clerical workers across campus, and the Graduate Labor Union (GLU), representing about 4,000 graduate workers at the University of Minnesota-Twin Cities campus. GLU, local 1105 of United Electrical, Radio and Machine Workers of America (UE), won its first union contract earlier this year.
Abaki Beck, a Ph.D. candidate in public health and president of GLU-UE Local 1105, kicked off the rally by denouncing Cunningham’s administration, stating that the University’s leadership “capitulated to the Trump administration to protect funding.”
In a January 30 article published in the The Minnesota Daily, Jake Ricker, a University spokesperson, is quoted as stating that, “While the University does not have responsibility or an active role in federal officials enforcing federal law or court processes, as a public university and employer, we cannot ignore federal court orders or subpoenas.” Some students and workers have criticized this and similar statements as an indication that the university doesn’t plan to aggressively fight the Trump administration rounding up of students. Beck went on to characterize Cunningham’s campus-wide email on March 28, one day after the abduction of a graduate student by ICE, as “insufficient” and delayed, “after violence already occurred.” In that email, Cunningham stated, “The University had no prior knowledge of this incident and did not share any information with federal authorities before it occurred.” She called the news “distressing” and offered mental health support to those disturbed by it, but critics say she did not condemn the detention itself or publicly outline steps to avoid this kind of action in the future.