Workers
“We Will Win”: For the First Time in 50 Years, Minneapolis Teachers Are Out on Strike
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In an interview, one striking teacher explains how community support is providing energy and optimism on the picket line.
Bakery Workers are taking their contract fight to UNFI Cub Foods’ customers
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If you’d love to shop a Cub that isn’t trying to strip its bakers of their union health and pension benefits, then Bakery Workers Local 22 has a list of stores for you.
Organizing
The Strike Wave Sweeps the Twin Cities
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Minneapolis teachers and Education Support Professionals (ESP) entered the second week of their strike. Spirits remain high on the various picket lines all over the city.
Minneapolis Public Schools Food Service Workers Vote to Authorize Strike
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Food service workers from Minneapolis Public Schools, who’ve been waiting on a contract for a year and a half, have become the fourth union in the Twin Cities to authorize a strike in recent events.
Organizing
Health care workers put MN Epilepsy Group on notice of intent to strike
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Seeking wages and retirement benefits in line with the “world-class care” they provide, union members who work at Minnesota Epilepsy Group announced plans today for a five-day strike that could bring picket lines to clinics and hospitals across the Twin Cities.
Government
Frontline workers’ focus turns to Senate after House passes bonus pay
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The Minnesota House passed union-backed legislation Thursday that would deliver bonuses of up to $1,500 to the frontline, essential workers who have kept the state and its economy running during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Organizing
“We Are Fed Up”: A Second Mexican Auto Plant Moves to Organize Independent Union
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Maquiladora workers in a border city are trying to oust their employer-friendly union, and switch to a truly independent one
Government
Push for paid family leave takes on new urgency in pandemic
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“No family should have to choose between a paycheck and caring for their loved ones,” said Rev. Vanessa Bradby, pastor of New Spirit United Church of Christ in Savage. “If we are serious about loving our neighbor, we should be serious about passing paid family and medical leave.”
Amazon
House bill targets high injury rates in Amazon’s MN warehouses
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Responding to disproportionately high rates of injury at Amazon warehouses here, Minnesota lawmakers last week introduced legislation that would put the facilities under new scrutiny.
Unions
Educators in St. Paul, Minneapolis vote to strike over student-centered demands
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Union members who voted “yes” said they were hopeful the vote would be a catalyst for movement in negotiations with the district, which began last May and have since entered mediation.