Workers walked off their jobs on Monday May 22nd over AT&T's refusal to negotiate the application of the Minneapolis sick and safe time ordinance.
The "Battle of Toledo," part of the historic AutoLite strike, erupted.
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Workers are organizing through unions and other organizations to improve their lives. Union representation provides a voice on the job and the opportunity to improve wages, benefits and working conditions.
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Portside Labor
May 22, 2018
Remembering the Postville Raid
POSTVILLE, Iowa
For speakers and assembled guests, the memories of that day began with the sound of helicopters, which descended on the rural Iowa town of 2,200 to detain nearly 400 immigrant workers of the Agriprocessors meatpacking plant.
May 17, 2018
Trades-backed Alliance Launches a Recruitment Website as MN’s Construction Industry Booms
Minneapolis/Saint Paul
“Our outreach is to our next generation. Our next generation does not look like our current workforce in the construction industry. We are reaching out to individuals of color, immigrant populations, vets, and women,” Wagner said. “One of our goals is that our future construction workforce represents our communities.”
May 16, 2018
Newspaper workers demand hedge-fund owners invest or sell
ST. PAUL
Journalists from the Pioneer Press and other newspapers in the Digital First chain rallied together last week in New York, demanding their bosses at Alden Global Capital invest in journalism – or sell to new owners who will.
May 14, 2018
OP-ED: I Work with Mark Janus. Here’s How He Benefits from a Strong Union.
What convinced Mr. Janus to join this destructive lawsuit? Your guess is as good as mine. I do know it’s much bigger than him. He’s the public face, but this case is backed by a network of billionaires and corporate front groups like the National Right-to-Work Foundation.
May 10, 2018
The 2018 Midwest School for Women Workers is Coming to Minneapolis June 25-28
MINNEAPOLIS
This year’s MSWW is a place for participants to meet workers and activists across many industries and from cities and states around the Midwest.
May 8, 2018
Working Families Continue to Fare Far Better in Minnesota than Wisconsin
Today, independent, nonprofit think tank Economic Policy Institute (EPI) released a study arguing that by virtually every metric, Minnesota’s economy has performed far better for working families than Wisconsin’s since governors Mark Dayton and Scott Walker were elected in 2010.
Labor still lacks coordinated approach to organizing the South