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Coal Miners Continue Their Standoff against Blackjewel

By Filiberto Nolasco Gomez

Government

MSP Airport Workers Testify for $15 at Monday’s MAC Meeting

About 25 workers and representatives from UNITE HERE Local 17 and SEIU Local 26 rallied and several gave testimony about how higher wages would benefit them personally.

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Community

A New Mural Will Greet Visitors at State Fair’s Labor Pavilion

Minnesota State Fair visitors walking south on Cooper St. towards Dan Patch Ave. won’t miss it: a giant, colorful new mural representing workers.
Commentary

Teachers Fighting for Public Schools Were Key to the Uprising in Puerto Rico

In the two months leading up to the uprising which ousted Puerto Rican Governor Ricardo Roselló, educators celebrated hard-fought victories against the privatization of their education system. Struggles by teachers and families against school closures and charter schools helped pave the way for July’s unprecedented outpouring of protest.
Community

Wells Fargo Plans Layoffs in Shoreview

"Wells Fargo is failing to disclose its growing reliance on call center workers overseas in countries such as the Philippines and the likely role that offshoring plays in the new Minnesota layoffs."
Audio

The Children in The Fields

Thanks to a loophole in U.S. child labor laws, farmworker kids can pick crops as young as age 10. But education offers a path out of poverty, if the kids can stay in school.

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Media

All student debt in the US, visualized

Who exactly would benefit if we canceled all this debt?

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Organizing

These Hotel Workers Say They Shouldn’t Have to Work Multiple Jobs to Make Ends Meet

The election win was part of the national UNITE HERE’s “One Job Should be Enough” campaign to improve existing contracts at select Marriott hotels, and to win labor union rights at the chain’s many non-union operations