Environment
How Unions Can Bridge the Gap Between Climate and Labor Movements
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The unionization of environmental organizations is changing the climate justice movement for the better. Here’s how.
Workday Magazine (https://workdaymagazine.org/category/organizing/page/7/)
The unionization of environmental organizations is changing the climate justice movement for the better. Here’s how.
The walkout comes amid rising concerns that “time off task” violations are used to target and retaliate against workers.
At issue is whether some 200 workers at St. Francis Regional Medical Center in Shakopee and Abbott Northwestern Hospital in Minneapolis maintain their pay and benefits if exposed to COVID-19 and forced to quarantine.
The economically devastated union is knocking on more doors than the entire Democratic Party
Thursday evening, a coalition of Twin Cities community organizations and labor unions hosted the digital Minnesota Forum on COVID-19, Frontline Workers, and Racial Justice.
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The East Side Freedom Library in St. Paul will celebrate Labor Day early and online this year, with a virtual discussion about worker organizing at the world’s largest retailer, Amazon.