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University of Minnesota Food Service Workers Allege Discrimination and Abuse

By Amie Stager | May 30, 2025

The union says the labor relations system is in shambles, and low-wage employees are subject to severe mistreatment.

On March 31, workers, students, and allies rallied together on the steps of Johnston Hall, the University of Minnesota President Rebecca Cunningham’s office, to protest what they criticize as the university’s complicity in ICE’s recent abduction of a graduate student, and an onslaught of university policies limiting the freedom of speech across campus.

University of Minnesota Unions Say University is Capitulating to Trump Admin, Rally Against Detention of International Student

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How Academia's Over Reliance on Contingent Faculty Hurts Workers and Students' Quality of Education

On February 20, a crowd of graduate workers and supporters form for a rally outside Coffman Memorial Union to announce union drive.

UMN Grad Workers Express Hope and Urgency as They Gear Up for Union Election

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Transition and transformation at the Labor Education Service

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Augsburg Staff Vote for a Union

By Filiberto Nolasco Gomez | January 8, 2021

“For over a year, coworkers have come together to imagine a stronger Augsburg community — a community that values and trusts its staff,

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Unprecedented Changes Coming to MN State Moorhead

By Filiberto Nolasco Gomez | April 24, 2020

Faculty and staff at MN State Moorhead are bracing for massive and unprecedented potential layoffs leading to the closure and reduction of departments, primarily in the humanities.

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Athletes at the U weigh in On Sponsorship

By Alysse LaMond | February 6, 2020

Although it’s still uncertain if anything like S.B. 206 will ever make its way to the University of Minnesota, the possibility has some excited for the future of the NCAA while also sparking debate.

Investigative

Popular E-Scooters on U of M Campus Causing injuries, yet Boynton not Fully Tracking Impacts

By Alysse LaMond | November 27, 2019

The University of Minnesota is seeing an increase in student injuries from the use of rental scooters. This semester alone, as of Sep. 2 up until Nov. 14, there have been 51 of these injuries in urgent care at the university’s Boynton healthcare center.

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First State House Campaign to Unionize; All University of Minnesota Student Workers

By Helena Gunderson | May 24, 2018

Fateh’s campaign workers consist entirely of University of Minnesota Twin Cities undergraduate students, with one student who just graduated this month. This marks the first all-student unit to unionize with the Campaign Workers Guild, announced the Guild in a press release on May 21.

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ICE’s strategy of Targeted Disappearances Ensnares Augsburg University Professor

By Filiberto Nolasco Gomez | March 8, 2018

Augsburg University Tenured Professor Dr. Mzenga Wanyama received a letter from ICE demanding his presence this Friday, March 9th to review his case and discuss “plans for removal.”

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