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Minnesota Coalition Calls on Corporations to Take a Stand Against Federal Surveillance

A coalition of Minnesota labor leaders, faith leaders, educators, and community supporters gathered outside Target’s downtown Minneapolis headquarters to call on Minnesota-based corporations to publicly oppose federal surveillance, intimidation, and retaliation against people and organizations that resisted immigration enforcement efforts in Minnesota this winter.

Minnesota’s Workforce Rights Over Time

A partial timeline of labor rights involving immigrants, women, strikes, and legislation

Grief for the Country We Are — and Hope in Our Potential

"The propaganda many people seem to have bought into is that it is the lower classes — not the upper classes — who are leaving us hungry. The frenzied microscope points to misuse of tax dollars at the lowest of levels. Too many of our neighbors seem to be ignoring the fraud perpetrated at the highest levels. How did we get here?"

Attacks on 1916 Immigrant Miner Families in Northern Minnesota

During the height of Operation Metro Surge, my Filipino husband…

AFL-CIO Convention Builds Strategy Around a United Movement

The U.S. government is using billions in taxpayer money to round up members of the workforce and put them in detention centers. CEOs who run the 100 companies with the lowest median wage are making 632 times more than their employees. It is not surprising that the recent national AFL-CIO convention held in Minneapolis focused on building solidarity at a pre-conference civil rights unity summit and global symposium.

An Historical Lesson in Economic and Union Policies: The Hormel Strike of 1985

When the seven-year wage freeze finally expired in 1984, employees expected negotiations to focus on raises that would compensate for years of sacrifice. Instead, Hormel proposed a 23 percent wage cut.

Q&A With Bernie Burnham: Solidarity Goals of Minnesota’s AFL-CIO

"My mom was an Irish immigrant. This country was founded on immigrants, and we took this land from the people who were here. Nobody really belongs here, unless you are an Indigenous person. In my heart, it's important to show up and be there for everybody — working class people, children, immigrants, women, LGBTQ+, anyone who has been othered or put down because of who they are, their religion. Whatever it is, I'm going to stand up. That's the right thing to do."

NEWS: Rise Up Center for Workforce Training Breaks Ground in Uptown Minneapolis

"In the labor movement, we believe that all work has dignity and that every worker, no matter where they come from, what they look like, or what they do for a living, deserves access to a stable, sustaining job and the necessary training for advancement."

MayDay March on Lake Street: Photo Gallery and Montage

Images, quoted, and a short audio-video montage of the MayDay march on Lake Street in Minneapolis.

UPDATED: Workers at Mississippi Market Announce Unionization Campaign

On September 19, workers at Mississippi Market Coop Grocery announced that they were unionizing. Their union election date will be October 9.

The Long Fights for Labor Rights

  Labor educator Cassie Williams, the associate…
Brion Curran

New Rules Discussed to Redefine Charges for Labor Trafficking in Minnesota

New legislator Brion Curran is co-author of HF42 January…