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To open more eyes to apprenticeship, Carpenters open training center doors

By Michael Moore (Union Advocate)

Investigative

Arkansas Teachers Went On Strike. Here Are the Corporate School Privatizers They’re Up Against.

Teachers of Little Rock, Arkansas are on strike Thursday over the state’s decision to strip their collective bargaining rights and curtail local control of the school district. It is the teachers’ first strike since 1987, and only their second strike ever.

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Audio

Belabored Podcast #188: What the Chicago Teachers Won

After eleven days rallying in the streets, the Chicago Teachers Union ended their strike and inked a tentative agreement with many hard-fought gains.

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Commentary

The Strike at McDonald’s Is About More Than Fighting Abuse—It’s About Workplace Democracy

Ignited by the hideously common experience of workplace sexual harassment, the strike was a powerful display of working-class force in an industry where women and people of color make up the overwhelming majority of non-managerial workers.
Unions

SEIU and UFCW Members Ratify New Contracts

Victories for union represented workers continue.
Unions

Wage Theft at Minnesota State Campuses Could Lead to Over $2 million in Claims

Matt Williams, President of MSCF explained that, “the employer was caught calculating work in a way that allowed them to pay people less than what they were really owed.”
Community

Exhibit at CTUL features 50 years of labor and social justice art by Minneapolis artist Ricardo Levins Morales

“On the one hand, I’m always in relationship with and responding to new movements as they emerge,” Levins Morales says. “The other side of my art is to address issues that nobody is talking about.”
Community

Celebrating National Apprenticeship Week

As part of the week's events, four apprentice profiles from across the State were collected by the MN Trades Council.