Commentary
Strikes Surge Nationwide
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Strikes have been in the news a lot here lately, but it’s not just a local phenomenon.
Workday Magazine (https://workdaymagazine.org/category/organizing/page/11/)
Strikes have been in the news a lot here lately, but it’s not just a local phenomenon.
What would 3,600 St. Paul teachers, educational assistants and licensed professionals on strike look like?
Throughout the last week workers and their advocates took to the streets to make their voices heard.
Striking janitors took to the streets of Downtown Minneapolis on Thursday evening and held a protest at MSP airport Friday morning before returning to bargaining.
SEIU Local 26 announced today that 4,000 commercial janitors will begin their ULP strike starting the second shift on Thursday, February 27th.
Service Employees (SEIU) Local 26’s fight is also for something bigger: affordable homes and a healthy planet for us all.
On Tuesday 85 engineers, directors, analysts, designers, coordinators, customer support specialists and others at Kickstarter voted to affiliate with OPEIU Local 153 in New York.
Strike activity surged in 2018 and 2019, marking a 35-year high for the number of workers involved in a major work stoppage over a two-year period.
The union representing over 3,600 teachers, educational assistants, licensed professionals and other staff in the St. Paul Public Schools will hold a strike-authorization vote Feb. 20, leaders announced Wednesday.
SEIU Healthcare Minnesota members at HealthPartners voted overwhelmingly Thursday to approve a 7-day Unfair Labor Practices (ULP) strike for 1,800 members by an overwhelming vote of 95% to 5%