Get on the Job and Organize with Inside Organizer School
How a new generation of leaders is reviving the labor movement.
Media
Minnesota
Why Twin City Tanning Workers are On Strike
Workers who prepare leather and fat for footwear and collagen are on a historic strike for better wages.
42 Students and 1 Adult: Minneapolis Educators Demand Safe Staffing
Union and community members rallied in support of Minneapolis Federation of Educators Local 59 before the union went into mediation with Minneapolis Public Schools.
Media
“We Cannot Water Down Our Proposals Any More”: UMN Teamsters Go on Strike
Facilities and food service workers went on a rolling strike across the state.
Book Review
What Does the Land Know? Ricardo Levins Morales on Art and Organizing
Political medicine and wisdom for grassroots social movements from a longtime community organizer and artist.
Open Bargaining Builds Union Democracy. Twin Cities Educators Show How.
Union members speak on the benefits of opening up collective bargaining to membership and the public.
Minnesota
Workers Say Wedge Co-op Restricting Freedom to Express Solidarity With Palestinians
Workers and co-op members are organizing against a new dress code policy that they say restricts their freedom of expression in the workplace.
Immigration
Minnesota’s Labor Movement is Demanding an End to ICE Raids
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.
Minnesota
University of Minnesota Food Service Workers Allege Discrimination and Abuse
The union says the labor relations system is in shambles, and low-wage employees are subject to severe mistreatment.
Immigration
“For the Workers, Not the Billionaires”: Minnesota’s May Day Actions
Thousands of workers gathered on the steps of the Minnesota state capitol on May 1, or International Workers Day, un support of union and immigrant rights. Photo by Amie Stager.