Workday Magazine (https://workdaymagazine.org/category/organizing/page/10/)
Monday, Caribou Coffee frontline workers rallied for the second time in a month to demand their employer improve working conditions for employees during the COVID-19 pandemic. About 30 Caribou Coffee workers were joined by approximately 70 community allies.
‘The strikes are women-led, multigenerational, and multiracial, according to Edgar Franks of Familias Unidas por la Justicia, a local farmworkers’ union.’
Workers and their supporters held a “socially distanced car vigil demonstration.”
On the afternoon of April 1, six Sprouts workers marched on their boss’s office with their petition and protest signs saying, “Health and safety over profit,” and “Make the pay worth the risk.”
Following news of another firing and the revelation of two positive cases of COVID-19, more than 50 Shakopee Amazon fulfillment workers walked off the job just after midnight Sunday morning.
Earlier today Hennepin County library and service center workers, represented by AFSCME Local 2822, held a “in car” convergence at the Ridgedale Library parking lot.
Nurse union activists organized actions at hospitals across the country Tuesday, a national day of action to draw attention to how the U.S.’s profit-driven health care system is failing workers and patients alike.
While many workers have lost hours or even been laid off in the last few weeks, others have made advances in various industries amid the crisis, including securing paid time off and health and safety guarantees.
In an apparent attempt to pit workers against workers St. Paul Public Schools (SPPS) sent a layoff notice to union-represented Teaching Assistants.
Letters from SPPS administration misrepresent or distort the bargaining process and employee rights while a picket is active.