What Does the Land Know? Ricardo Levins Morales on Art and Organizing - Workday Magazine
Political medicine and wisdom for grassroots social movements from a longtime community organizer and artist.| Workday Magazine
Political medicine and wisdom for grassroots social movements from a longtime community organizer and artist.| Workday Magazine
On the morning of August 7, the University of Minnesota facilities and food service workers, represented by Teamsters Local 320, filed an intent to strike notice for student move-in week. The notice was filed with the University of Minnesota and the Minnesota Bureau of Mediation Services. The move follows a strike vote in late July, […] The post “We Make it Run”: University of Minnesota Teamsters’ File Intent to Strike During Move-in Week appeared first on Workday Magazine.| Workday Magazine
Workers at a pork processing facility in Austin, Minnesota say Hormel Foods refused to abide by the state’s paid sick leave law for 14 months and, during this time, allegedly stole compensation from as many as 1,600 workers. On July 30, UFCW 663 announced a class-action lawsuit, demanding that Hormel hand over the compensation workers […] The post Hormel Allegedly Stole Paid Sick Leave Benefit From Meatpacking Workers appeared first on Workday Magazine.| Workday Magazine
Union members speak on the benefits of opening up collective bargaining to membership and the public.| Workday Magazine
It was the morning of June 9, and Genie Kastrup, president of Service Employees Local 1, stood in front of Chicago’s Daley Plaza and bellowed into a microphone. “What is happening right now is about silencing voices,” she said, flanked by members of her union holding signs that read “Free David Huerta.” “It’s about dividing […] The post Fight ICE. Build the Union. appeared first on Workday Magazine.| Workday Magazine
Nurses, physicians, and other healthcare providers across Minnesota announce strikes and file ULPs as negotiations stall.| Workday Magazine
Workers and co-op members are organizing against a new dress code policy that they say restricts their freedom of expression in the workplace.| Workday Magazine
A new report estimates that approximately 10% of private sector workers were misclassified in 2019 in Minnesota and billions of dollars lost to fund public safety nets.| Workday Magazine
For Chris Rubesch, a cardiac nurse, the most rewarding part of the job is “to see someone come in sick, injured, in pain, and to be able to see them through the healing journey and get them back home.” However, historically low staffing levels are making that more and more difficult, he says. Rubesch is […] The post What Does it Take to Truly Take Care of a Patient? Nurses Say Safe Levels. appeared first on Workday Magazine.| Workday Magazine
From Lake Street to Los Angeles, union leaders, organizers, and members have been on the front lines of resistance against Trump’s mass deportation agenda. The post Minnesota’s Labor Movement is Demanding an End to ICE Raids appeared first on Workday Magazine.| Workday Magazine
Trump is setting up a protection racket to expand corporate power around the world The post Global Trade at Gunpoint appeared first on Workday Magazine.| Workday Magazine
Minneapolis sex workers and allies take the downtown streets to honor organizing within their sector.| Workday Magazine
A conversation with the former head of the NLRB.| Workday Magazine
Monica Duque never knows how many hours she is going to get in a given week. She works at the Jerry’s Cub Foods on East Lake Street at the front of the store, helping customers, overseeing cashiering, and running online shopping. She finds out her hours, she explains, “when the schedule is posted on Friday, […]| Workday Magazine
Funding for labor standards co-enforcement is approved as a Labor Standards Board proposal hangs in the balance.| Workday Magazine
After a lengthy discussion, the Minneapolis City Council voted 9 to 3 to approve an ordinance that would bring workers, business, and community together in a Labor Standards Board.| Workday Magazine
Workers are fighting for a Labor Standards Board to address conditions across industries.| Workday Magazine
These labor leaders are organizing for 2028. Cooperation across unions and sectors—if carried out on a large scale—would be unprecedented in the 21st century United States.| Workday Magazine
Unions and community groups are uniting in a week of action to win broad social demands, from dignified work to public housing to better schools.| Workday Magazine
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This article is a joint publication of Workday Magazine and The American Prospect. Michael Rubke, a desk attendant at La Rive condo complex in Minneapolis, is fighting for a union against a behemoth building management company, FirstService Residential of Minnesota, that has a near-monopoly on high-rise condos in the Twin Cities. It’s been a difficult […]| Workday Magazine
Descendants Honor 90th Anniversary of Ancestors’ Militant Labor Strike from Unicorn Riot on Vimeo. This video was produced in collaboration with Unicorn Riot and Workday Magazine. On July 27, workers, descendants of the strikers, and the local labor community came together at Wabun Park in Minneapolis to honor the 90th anniversary of the 1934 Truckers’ […]| Workday Magazine
Read a Spanish-language version of this interview here. Dina Velasquez Escalante is a poultry worker in southwest Minnesota. She spends her workdays inspecting the chicken millions of Americans eat every day. She looks for tumors, stray bones and organs, and removes bile. After six years of hard work and cultivating expertise on almost every position […]| Workday Magazine
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 […]| Workday Magazine
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The past and present of corporate deflection of responsibility.| Workday Magazine
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 […]| Workday Magazine
Adjunct and contingent faculty make up the majority of instructional staff at colleges and universities today. Faith Ericson explains what that means for these highly qualified and underpaid workers and the role of liberal arts education outside of major city centers.| Workday Magazine
How grocery store workers in Greater Minnesota fighting for better pay and working conditions are sticking together and transforming their union.| Workday Magazine
Minneapolis sex workers and allies took to the streets in a joyful celebration to commemorate “International Whores Day” (June 2) in downtown Minneapolis, demanding decriminalization of sex work and increased workers protections.| Workday Magazine
A strategic alignment of major networks of unions and community groups in Minnesota have worked together for more than a decade to leverage their collective power.| Workday Magazine
Labor and community organizations who have been aligning for years are escalating their fights at the same time.| Workday Magazine
