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Despite decades of attacks, workers and unions continue to organize and bargain to improve their workplaces and communities. Workers also are engaging in innovative forms of organizing - and transforming their organizations - to build power in the face of new challenges.

Worker Power
July 26, 2018
Helmets to Hardhats

72nd Annual Minnesota State Building Trades Convention Highlights the 'Helmets to Hardhats' Program

By Filiberto Nolasco Gomez, Workday Minnesota
DULUTH

Helmets to Hardhats connects National Guard, Reserve, retired and transitioned active-duty military service members with skilled training and quality career opportunities in the construction industry.

Worker Power
July 25, 2018
Amazon Strike

How European Workers Coordinated This Month’s Massive Amazon Strike—And What Comes Next

By Rebecca Burns, In These Times

As Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos’ net worth topped $150 billion last week, making him the richest man in modern history, thousands of Amazon workers across Europe went on strike.

Worker Power
July 19, 2018
Immigrant Worker

New Report: 'Upskilling the Immigrant Workforce to Meet Employer Demand for Skilled Workers'

By Filiberto Nolasco Gomez, Workday Minnesota
WASHINGTON, D.C.

In communities across the country, many employers are having trouble finding enough skilled workers, but they may be overlooking an untapped resource.

Worker Power
July 19, 2018
Interpreters Demand Better Pay

Interpreters Demand Better Pay

By Filiberto Nolasco Gomez, Workday Minnesota
MAPLEWOOD

Interpreters are demanding better pay! They have not had a meaingful pay increase in 20 years.

Worker Power
July 18, 2018
Training

At organizing boot camp, workers look to build power from the inside out

By Michael Moore, Union Advocate
ST. PAUL

Janus may be a setback for labor, but activists at the training sounded ready to push back, building power from the inside out.

Worker Power
July 5, 2018

Lawmakers Demand AT&T Midwest, Legacy T end Call Center Cuts, Settle with Communication Workers

By Filiberto Nolasco Gomez, Workday Minnesota
WASHINGTON, D.C.
With 14,000 telecom workers closer to a strike, groups of House and Senate Democrats are demanding Randall Stephenson, CEO of AT&T, both end call center cuts and settle with the Communications Workers of America. CWA represents the employees at AT&T Midwest and Legacy T, two of the giant firm’s subsidiaries.
 
Worker Power
July 5, 2018

COMMENTARY: Summertime… and the doorknocking is easy… Please volunteer now!

By Chelsie Glaubitz Gabiou, Minneapolis Labor Review
MINNEAPOLIS

With the 2018 primary election coming up August 14 and early voting beginning June 29, the 2018 campaign season is moving into full speed. The crowded primary field for both the DFL and the Republican tickets will give voters an early chance to hear about each political parties’ values. 

While some political elites are despairing the number of last-minute candidate filings, I am much more optimistic about this news.

Worker Power
July 3, 2018
Downtown Protest

COMMENTARY: How the Labor Movement Can Thrive After Janus

By Amy Livingston, Labor Education Service
MINNEAPOLIS

The Supreme Court and the entire U.S. legal system have rarely been on the side of the U.S. working class, yet workers have continuously organized without the support of the law

Worker Power
July 2, 2018
MULP Session

Register by July 13 for 2018-2019 Minnesota Union Leadership Program

By Steve Share, Minneapolis Labor Review
MINNEAPOLIS

The University of Minnesota Labor Education Service is accepting applications for the 2018-2019 Minnesota Union Leadership Program(link is external)

 
Worker Power
June 28, 2018
Emergency Response to Janus

VIDEO: Emergency Response to Janus

By Filiberto Nolasco Gomez, Workday Minnesota
MINNEAPOLIS

Yesterday union members from across the spectrum of organized labor joined for an emergency rally in response to the Supreme Courts decision on Janus v AFSCME

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Workers are organizing through unions and other organizations to improve their lives. Union representation provides a voice on the job and the opportunity to improve wages, benefits and working conditions.

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