labor rights

Curran_06032022LM-0190

New Rules Discussed to Redefine Charges for Labor Trafficking in Minnesota

January 12, 2023 — House File 42 (HF42), which would amend the State of Minnesota’s definition of labor trafficking, as

  • 01/12/2023
Nimo-Omar-124-Photo-Sarah-Whiting

My Path Into Labor Rights

“One of the most important people at the rally was neither a politician nor an Amazon employee. Running operations behind the scenes alongside workers was a 23-year-old college student named Nimo Omar. At the Awood Center, people affectionately call her the lioness.” — Wired magazine

  • 12/23/2019
Veronica-Mendez-Moore

Making the Invisible Visible: Immigrant Laborers

Veronica Mendez Moore, a child of immigrants from Peru, fights for the rights of workers as co-director of Centro de

  • 02/01/2018

Labor unions adapt

On average, women covered by a union contract earn almost 34 percent more than those who are not, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.

  • 09/02/2011

2012 Changemaker: Minnesota nurses’ strike

“It felt like we were doing something extremely positive not just for the profession but for the patients and the community and the people who come through our doors.”

  • 12/02/2010

Union presidents: activists, counselors, collaborators, leaders

“Women tend to work in collectives very comfortably-which makes union work a comfortable place to be active.”

  • 08/02/2009