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Workers who prepare leather and fat for footwear and collagen are on a historic strike for better wages.| Workday Magazine
This article is a joint publication of Workday Magazine and In These Times. Willian Giménez González, a known advocate for the rights of day laborers who was abducted by federal agents on September 12, is speaking out from ICE detention. He says that federal authorities transferred him from the Broadview, Ill., ICE facility, to a detention center in Michigan, to move him […] The post Chicago Day Laborer, in ICE Detention, Says He’s Facing Retaliation Because Supporters Are Prot...| Workday Magazine
Workers who prepare leather and fat for footwear and collagen are on a historic strike for better wages.| Workday Magazine
This article is a joint publication of The American Prospect and Workday Magazine, a nonprofit newsroom devoted to holding the powerful accountable through the perspective of workers. Jason was elected to represent unionized workers at a Department of Veterans Affairs hospital in New York state. But on August 8, he got the same notice as 400,000 colleagues across the VA: their union contracts were being abruptly eliminated in response to a Trump administration executive order. It was a Fr...| Workday Magazine
Investigative Journalism, Workers, Labor Unions| Workday Magazine
In the forthcoming book, Who’s Got the Power?: The Resurgence of American Unions, Minnesota-based labor writer and historian Dave Kamper unpacks the tumultuous wins and losses of the labor movement of the first half of the 2020 decade. In the book, available in October, Kamper analyzes the labor fights that defined the 2020s—from the UAW […] The post “An Optimistic Book for Horrifying Times”: An Interview with Labor Writer and Historian Dave Kamper appeared first on Workday Magazine.| Workday Magazine
This article is a joint publication of Workday Magazine and The American Prospect. CHICAGO – The last time Regina heard from her mother, Laura Murillo, she was calling from inside the ICE detention center in Broadview, Illinois, last Friday. “She just told us that she loved us. She seemed shocked, and she said she’s wanting to […] The post How ICE Terror Campaigns Are Used to Discipline Labor appeared first on Workday Magazine.| Workday Magazine
Union and community members rallied in support of Minneapolis Federation of Educators Local 59 before the union went into mediation with Minneapolis Public Schools. The post 42 Students and 1 Adult: Minneapolis Educators Demand Safe Staffing appeared first on Workday Magazine.| Workday Magazine
For weeks, protesters have gathered at the Broadview detention center.| Workday Magazine
This article is a joint publication of Workday Magazine and In These Times. Even though President Donald Trump says he is pivoting from plans to deploy the National Guard in Chicago — now eyeing Memphis as his next target — Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers appear to still be escalating operations throughout the area, with devastating consequences. Willian Gimenez, a day laborer, was […]| Workday Magazine
On Monday night, Teamsters Local 320 announced rolling strikes against the University of Minnesota. The first one starts at 10:00 p.m. on the Crookston and Morris campuses. Then the strikes will continue on Tuesday at 4:00 a.m. on the Duluth, Grand Rapids, Waseca, and Austin campuses, and Tuesday at 7:00 p.m. on Minneapolis and St. […] The post “We Cannot Water Down Our Proposals Any More”: UMN Teamsters Go on Strike appeared first on Workday Magazine.| Workday Magazine
Mercedes Ponce is in tears outside the Hennepin County Government where she worked as a subcontractor for 12 years doing janitorial work before getting the news last week that she’d be getting let go with no prior notice. Ponce is one of seven janitors with a combined 180 years of experience who received a letter […] The post “What is happening at Hennepin county?” Seven Senior Janitors Let Go With No Notice appeared first on Workday Magazine.| Workday Magazine
This article is a joint publication of The American Prospect and Workday Magazine, a nonprofit newsroom devoted to holding the powerful accountable through the perspective of workers. Jason was elected to represent unionized workers at a Department of Veterans Affairs hospital in New York state. But on August 8, he got the same notice as 400,000 colleagues across […] The post What It Means When Federal Union Contracts Disappear appeared first on Workday Magazine.| Workday Magazine
On Labor Day, hundreds of workers from over 20 Minnesota unions and community organizations rallied at the Minneapolis-St. Paul (MSP) International Airport. They called for improvements to the lives of working people, and slammed policies that favor billionaires and corporations. The rally was held at the airport in order to highlight Delta’s lack of worker […] The post “Workers Over Billionaires” Rally at MSP Airport for Labor Day appeared first on Workday Magazine.| Workday Magazine
The union wants bosses to turn away immigration authorities unless they show a signed judicial warrant, but resistance is fierce.| Workday Magazine
Political medicine and wisdom for grassroots social movements from a longtime community organizer and artist.| Workday Magazine
Union members speak on the benefits of opening up collective bargaining to membership and the public.| Workday Magazine
As the Minnesota Nurses Association negotiates a new contract, safe staffing levels are the top concern for members.| 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
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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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
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
