Community
Fair State, Schell’s brew together to celebrate solidarity
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Minnesota’s oldest and newest union breweries have teamed up to craft a beer celebrating solidarity in the workplace.
Unions
IUE-CWA members shine light on Walmart’s role in offshoring good jobs
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Workers in the Twin Cities and across the country are protesting a supplier’s move to offshore light bulb production jobs.
Community
49ers’ courses offer high schoolers ‘3-for-1’ credit opportunity
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Operating Engineers Local 49 is hoping a new partnership with Minnesota Virtual Academy will draw more high-school graduates into the union’s registered apprenticeship program – and help meet future demand for skilled, trained workers in the heavy-equipment industry
Unions
Union pledges fight as AT&T plans more Twin Cities store closings
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AT&T is closing more stores despite a 2017 tax cut that promised new jobs.
Community
St. Paul unions take on new role getting fresh food to families
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Local unions are stepping up this winter to connect thousands of Minnesotans with free, fresh food available through the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Farmers to Families Food Box program.
Organizing
Budget axe falls on School District 197’s frontline workers
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Despite putting their health at risk while providing essential care during the pandemic, paraprofessionals in the West St. Paul-Mendota Heights-Eagan Area Schools learned Tuesdy night that the district will lay off up to 12 full-time workers from their ranks and replace them with temporary hires.
Community
The Labor Movement grieves the Loss of former Chicago Teachers Union President Karen GJ Lewis
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‘Karen did not just lead our movement. Karen was our movement.’
Organizing
Community Rallies Around Refinery Workers as Marathon Lockout Enters Third Week
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Nearly 200 Teamsters, along with community members and elected officials, are collectively resisting the company’s efforts to replace staffing at the Marathon oil refinery in St. Paul Park.
Unions
How the Deep Roots of Farm Labor Solidarity Helped Wisconsin Survive the Pandemic
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A century of agrarian organizing pays off.
Government
Unions and Lawmakers Announce Legislation to Protect Meat and Poultry Workers
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The “Minnesota Safe Workplaces for Meat and Poultry Processing Workers Act” seeks to protect workers by ensuring their rights and benefits to a safe workplace.