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Frontline Workers share Stories and Importance of Passing Labor Contracts

By Filiberto Nolasco Gomez | May 18, 2020

The Minnesota House has already passed HF 2768, “but the Minnesota Senate has not scheduled a final vote, which appears to set up state workers as bait for end-of-session drama.” According to an emailed statement.

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Unions Respond to the Lifting of Minnesota’s Stay at Home Order

By Filiberto Nolasco Gomez | May 14, 2020

In a statewide address Wednesday night, Gov. Tim Walz said the current stay-at-home order will expire at midnight Monday.

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House Passes Labor Contracts; State Workers Urge the Senate to Follow Suit

By Filiberto Nolasco Gomez | May 12, 2020

The Minnesota Senate still has not yet scheduled a vote on the contracts, despite there being only a week remaining in the legislative session.

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Striking Bus Drivers Steer the Way to a Better World

By Mindy Isser (In These Times) | May 11, 2020

The Amalgamated Transit Union (ATU), which represents 200,000 workers in the United States and Canada, told In These Times that nearly 1,000 of its members have been infected with coronavirus, and almost 40 have died.

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Tensions Escalate Over a Proposed Bonding Bill

By Filiberto Nolasco Gomez | May 4, 2020

Bonding Bill is being held up by House Minority Leader Daudt

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Unions Hold Vigil For Workers Exposed to COVID-19

By Michael Moore (Union Advocate) | May 2, 2020

“To workers who have contracted COVID, this is for you,” Minnesota Nurses Association President Mary Turner said, opening the candlelight vigil as the sun set in St. Paul.

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Some MN Nurses Want to Help on Front Lines, But Can’t

By Mike Moen (Public News Service) | April 27, 2020

In states like Minnesota, there is need for health care professionals to help fight COVID-19, but hospitals are losing out on other forms of revenue, which has led to staffing cuts

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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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Concerns Raised Over Hennepin Counties Library Curbside Program

By Filiberto Nolasco Gomez | April 17, 2020

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.

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Inside the Union Where Coronavirus Put 98% of Members Out of Work

By James Bandler (ProPublica) | April 10, 2020

Unite Here was a rare union success story. But then the coronavirus decimated the restaurant, food service and hotel industries, where most of its 307,000 members work. “We’re fighting for our survival,” its president told ProPublica.

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