Community
Birchwood Cafe Reopens a Month after Owner Fires Majority of Staff
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Former employees of Birchwood Cafe hope that working conditions will improve for staff, and ask for recognition.
Environment
Front-line workers weren’t protected during the Pacific Northwest heat wave
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Extreme heat in June caused severe problems for marginalized workers. Bold changes are needed to improve safety.
Environment
The Heat Wave Shows Climate Change Is a Workers’ Rights Issue
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The workers laboring outside in this extraordinary heat are on the front lines of the climate crisis. There’s no real hope of fighting this crisis without a strong working-class movement.
Workers
‘We Want to See Our Families’: Frito-Lay Workers Strike Over 84-Hour Weeks, Meager Raises
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The workers have been forced to work overtime, and are facing intimidation while on strike for better working conditions.
Government
In meeting with Smith, home care workers, clients back Biden plan to fund ‘caregiving infrastructure’
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Many people depend on care from home health care workers. President Biden’s infrastructure proposal includes a measure for investing in caregiving.
Policy
“We’re not being taken care of”: Essential Workers Call on Legislature for Relief
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The Essential Workers Emergency Leave Act would allow essential workers to take paid leave to care for themselves and family members.
Unions
Teamsters take fight to Marathon as refinery dispute enters fifth month
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Some Teamsters picket at the refinery’s entrance, and some follow trucks to picket where they unload.
Amazon
Outside Amazon fulfillment center, workers demand tax fairness
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“I’m tired from working in this building behind me for over a year during the coronavirus pandemic and having to deal with all the stupid stuff Amazon does all the time – and they get away with.”
Unions
Walz joins Building Trades unions in remembering fallen workers
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In a ceremony today on the State Capitol grounds, Gov. Tim Walz and Labor Commissioner Roslyn Robertson joined members of Twin Cities Building Trades unions in paying tribute to workers who died in the past two years due to work-related injuries or illnesses.
Organizing
More local nonprofit workers take union drives public
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Organizing among Twin Cities nonprofit workers continues to bear fruit, as employees at two local organizations, Beacon Interfaith Housing Collaborative and Headway Emotional Health Services, have gone public with union campaigns this month.