Immigration
Dina Velasquez Escalante, empacadora de carne y delegada sindical, posa para un retrato en St. James, Minnesota, representa a su sindicato, UFCW Local 663.

Informe de una planta empacadora de carne: “Si nos unimos como trabajadores, tenemos el poder”

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Este artículo también está disponible en inglés. Traducción de María Uhlmann

Dina Velasquez Escalante trabaja en una planta avícola en el sudoeste de Minnesota. Su día de trabajo consiste en inspeccionar el pollo que millones de estadounidenses consumen a diario. Lo que busca son tumores, huesos y órganos, además de retirar la bilis. Luego de 6 años de trabajo intenso, y de adquirir experiencia en casi todos los puestos de la línea de producción, ahora se encuentra en el laboratorio analizando muestras de pollo para asegurar la mejor calidad.

Workers

The Great Neoliberal Burden Shift (Part I) – How Corporate America Offset Liability Onto the Public

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This episode was produced by Citations Needed, in collaboration with Workday Magazine. “Choose the product best suited for baby,” Nestlé urged in a 1970s baby formula ad. “What size is your carbon footprint?” wondered oil giant BP in 2003. “Texting, music listening put distracted pedestrians at risk,” USA Today announced in 2012. These headlines and ad copy all offer a glimpse into a longstanding strategy among corporations: place the burdens of safety, health, and wellbeing on individuals, in order to deflect responsibility and regulation.

Minnesota
Minneapolis Federation of Teachers 59 at the Minnesota State Capitol while on strike in 2022.

Minnesota Unions Push for Bill Extending Unemployment Insurance to Striking Workers

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Catina Taylor has worked as a special educational assistant for the past 25 years in Minneapolis Public Schools. She’s a member of the Minneapolis Federation of Teachers 59 (MFT 59) and President of the Education Support Professionals (ESPs). In 2022, Minneapolis teachers went on strike for three weeks. Taylor was on the picket line—she remembers not being able to feel her feet in the cold. Although she looks back fondly on the “historic” strike, she adds that it was a financially difficult time for many members. 

Going on strike is one of the most powerful tools workers have, but can be a difficult choice for workers to forgo weeks of pay in the hopes of making greater gains for the long term.

Workers
A black woman wearing a blue long sleeve shirt stands at a podium raising her hand and pointing upwards, a brown woman holding a piece of paper and wearing a black scarf with rainbow details stands beside the podium in front of a background of multicolored banners

La historia laboral más importante en este momento está en Minnesota. Podría ser el modelo que todos necesitamos.

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Brenda Johnson de la Federación de Maestros de Minneapolis Local 59 y Eva López de SEIU Local 26 en una reunión en octubre de 2023 donde muchos de los grupos comunitarios y sindicatos alineados alrededor de la fecha límite de hoy del 2 de marzo elaboraron estrategias sobre la mejor manera de aprovechar su poder colectivo. (PHOTO CREDIT: CORTESIA DE GEOFF DITTBERNER, SEIU MINNESOTA)