Organizing
Outbreak Adds Urgency to Janitors’ Push for Sick Pay
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Public response to the epidemic has put a grim spotlight on limited access to paid sick time in the U.S., particularly for low-wage workers like Patiño.
Organizing
St. Paul Educators Set March 10 Strike Deadline
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What would 3,600 St. Paul teachers, educational assistants and licensed professionals on strike look like?
Community
Information and Resources on the Coronavirus (COVID-19) Outbreak
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Our health care workers and first responders do not have the necessary resources and equipment or adequate training and communication available to protect them from contracting, and spreading, this virus.
Community
Fighting Today for a Better Tomorrow
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Throughout the last week workers and their advocates took to the streets to make their voices heard.
Organizing
‘Let the Bosses Clean their Toilets’
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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.
Community
Trades celebrate Women Build Success awards
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Union tradeswomen celebrated the most badass among them at a spirited awards ceremony in Minneapolis last night
Organizing
SEIU Announces Strike for 4,000 Janitors
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SEIU Local 26 announced today that 4,000 commercial janitors will begin their ULP strike starting the second shift on Thursday, February 27th.
Commentary
WORKERS NEED STRONGER LABOR LAW PROTECTIONS
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Minnesota’s working families can’t wait. We can’t wait for impeachment hearings, elections or trickle-down economics. We need real solutions now.
Organizing
Twin Cities Janitors and Guards Feature Climate and Housing in Their Strike Demands
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Service Employees (SEIU) Local 26’s fight is also for something bigger: affordable homes and a healthy planet for us all.
Homepage Top Story
Kickstarter United Wins NLRB Election
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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.