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How ICE Terror Campaigns Are Used to Discipline Labor - Workday Magazine

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Workday Magazine @workdaymagazine.bsky.social · 7d

How ICE Terror Campaigns Are Used to Discipline Labor

While Chicago sees a surge of ICE detentions, workers are facing retaliation as immigrants when they advocate for their rights.

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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 ce...

42 Students and 1 Adult: Minneapolis Educators Demand Safe Staffing - Workday Magazine

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Workday Magazine @workdaymagazine.bsky.social · 8d

In September, @mfelocal59.bsky.social held their last public bargaining session before mediation. Their proposals on class size and wages directly impact student & worker safety, the quality of education, and keep up with the cost of living.
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Union and community members rallied in support of Minneapolis Federation of Educators Local 59 before the union went into mediation with Minneapolis Public Schools.

“Even When They Gas Us": Hundreds Brave Tear Gas, Pepper Balls to Protest ICE

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Workday Magazine @workdaymagazine.bsky.social · 11d

“The militarization of our community is a union issue, because no one is safe until all of us are safe.” new from @sarahlazare.bsky.social

Investigative reporting about corporate malfeasance and government wrongdoing, analysis of national and world affairs, and cultural criticism that matters.

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Workday Magazine @workdaymagazine.bsky.social · 11d

“Even When They Gas Us”: Hundreds Brave Tear Gas, Pepper Balls to Protest ICE

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“Even When They Gas Us": Hundreds Brave Tear Gas, Pepper Balls to Protest ICE - Workday Magazine

This article is a joint publication of Workday Magazine and In These Times. Photographs by Isaac Silver. After the tear gas dispersed just enough to breathe, and street medics had flushed several peop...

“Even When They Gas Us": Hundreds Brave Tear Gas, Pepper Balls to Protest ICE

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Workday Magazine @workdaymagazine.bsky.social · 11d

“One thing that we reiterate is that fear is one of the tactics that they’re reliably using, and that it is important for us to fight against it, to be daringly open, to be daringly in community with each other.” -Miguel Alvelo Rivera, Latino Union of Chicago

Investigative reporting about corporate malfeasance and government wrongdoing, analysis of national and world affairs, and cultural criticism that matters.

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ICE Abducts Man Suing Off-Duty Police for Abusing Day Laborers - Workday Magazine

Workday Magazine @workdaymagazine.bsky.social · 23d

ICE Abducts Man Suing Off-Duty Police for Abusing Day Laborers

“The Department of Homeland Security has become the department of state terror,” said Rep. Delia Ramirez.

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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 Memph...

"We Cannot Water Down Our Proposals Any More": UMN Teamsters Go on Strike - Workday Magazine

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Workday Magazine @workdaymagazine.bsky.social · 26d

UPDATE: yesterday, Teamsters Local 320 filed ULP complaints against UMN for alleged violation of workers’ rights & @farmaid.org artists & organizers express solidarity with workers, refusing to cross the picket line ahead of the 40-year-old festival scheduled for Sept. 20th

Workday Magazine @workdaymagazine.bsky.social · 28d

Hundreds of University of Minnesota facilities and food service workers are on strike on UMN campuses across the state.

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 conti...

"We Cannot Water Down Our Proposals Any More": UMN Teamsters Go on Strike - Workday Magazine

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Workday Magazine @workdaymagazine.bsky.social · 28d

Hundreds of University of Minnesota facilities and food service workers are on strike on UMN campuses across the state.

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 conti...

"We Cannot Water Down Our Proposals Anymore": UMN Teamsters Go on Strike - Workday Magazine

Workday Magazine @workdaymagazine.bsky.social · 29d

“We Cannot Water Down Our Proposals Anymore”: UMN Teamsters Go on Strike

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 conti...

"What is happening at Hennepin county?" Seven Senior Janitors Let Go with No Notice - Workday Magazine

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Workday Magazine @workdaymagazine.bsky.social · Sep 8

“What is happening at Hennepin county?” Seven Senior Janitors Let Go with No Notice

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 ...

What It Means When Federal Union Contracts Disappear - Workday Magazine

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Workday Magazine @workdaymagazine.bsky.social · Sep 4

"Management can tear up the collective bargaining agreement, but it cannot get rid of the collective identity of workers, he says. They can still support each other, remain in communication and community, and act in solidarity on the job." via @sarahlazare.bsky.social

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 electe...

What It Means When Federal Union Contracts Disappear - Workday Magazine

Workday Magazine @workdaymagazine.bsky.social · Sep 4

Deteriorating services, moms forced back from maternity leave, and more as federal workers lose formal union protections. Read our latest by @sarahlazare.bsky.social, published in partnership with @prospect.org

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 electe...

What It Means When Federal Union Contracts Disappear

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David Dayen @ddayen.bsky.social · Sep 3

In a snap, Trump has attempted to vaporize collective bargaining agreements for about 7% of all US workers. @sarahlazare.bsky.social and our friends at @workdaymagazine.bsky.social explain what it means for workers to lose those rights at work.
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Deteriorating services, moms forced back from maternity leave, and more as federal workers lose formal union protections.

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Workday Magazine @workdaymagazine.bsky.social · Sep 2

"Workers Over Billionaires" Rally at Minneapolis/St. Paul Airport for Labor Day

"Workers Over Billionaires" Rally at MSP Airport for Labor Day - 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 o...

How One Teamsters Local Is Striking to Protect Immigrant Workers - Workday Magazine

Workday Magazine @workdaymagazine.bsky.social · Aug 25

"By going on strike, in part, for protections for immigrants, workers are showcasing a strategy to use workers’ most powerful weapon to protect union members. And if they win, they’ll be the first Teamsters local in the country to adopt such protective language."

This article is a joint publication of Workday Magazine and The American Prospect. If it were up to Mauser Packaging Solutions management, there would be nothing in its contract with the union to stop...

How One Teamsters Local Is Striking to Protect Immigrant Workers

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Sarah Lazare @sarahlazare.bsky.social · Aug 25

Workers at Mauser plant in Chicago have been on strike 11 wks and counting to demand protections against federal immigration authorities, among other demands. They want management to turn away ICE and DHS, unless they present a signed judicial warrant. My report from Teamsters Local 705 picket line.

The union wants bosses to turn away immigration authorities unless they show a signed judicial warrant, but resistance is fierce.

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Workday Magazine @workdaymagazine.bsky.social · Aug 21

Read our latest Q&A with @rlmartstudio.bsky.social on his first book and the history that has led us to this moment: "We’re seeing more and more people stepping forward with real passion and commitment in defense of communities that they’re not a part of." workdaymagazine.org/what-does-th...

What Does the Land Know? Ricardo Levins Morales on Art and Organizing - Workday Magazine

Political medicine and wisdom for grassroots social movements from a longtime community organizer and artist.

"We Make it Run": University of Minnesota Teamsters' File Intent to Strike During Move-in Week - Workday Magazine

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Workday Magazine @workdaymagazine.bsky.social · Aug 7

“We Make it Run”: University of Minnesota Teamsters’ File Intent to Strike During Move-in Week

On the morning of August 7, the University of Minnesota facilities and food service workers, represented by Teamsters Local 320, filed an intent to strike notice for student move-in week. The notice w...

Hormel Allegedly Stole Paid Sick Leave Benefit From Meatpacking Workers - Workday Magazine

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Workday Magazine @workdaymagazine.bsky.social · Aug 5

Hormel Allegedly Stole Paid Sick Leave Benefit From Meatpacking Workers

Workers at a pork processing facility in Austin, Minnesota say Hormel Foods refused to abide by the state’s paid sick leave law for 14 months and, during this time, allegedly stole compensation from a...

Hormel Allegedly Stole Paid Sick Leave Benefit From Meatpacking Workers - Workday Magazine

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Sarah Lazare @sarahlazare.bsky.social · Aug 5

Meatpacking workers say Hormel Foods stole compensation that was owed to them through Minnesota's paid sick leave rule. They have filed a class action lawsuit against the company, demanding back compensation. Hormel is food giant known for its ruthless breaking of a strike in '85-'86. My latest.

Workers at a pork processing facility in Austin, Minnesota say Hormel Foods refused to abide by the state’s paid sick leave law for 14 months and, during this time, allegedly stole compensation from a...

Open Bargaining Builds Union Democracy. Twin Cities Educators Show How. - Workday Magazine

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Workday Magazine @workdaymagazine.bsky.social · Jul 22

What are the benefits of opening up collective bargaining to membership and the public? Read our latest story!
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Union members speak on the benefits of opening up collective bargaining to membership and the public.

Fight ICE. Build the Union. - Workday Magazine

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Workday Magazine @workdaymagazine.bsky.social · Jul 9

Fight ICE. Build the Union.

How Labor is mobilizing to defend workers from federal raids.

by @nataschaelena.bsky.social and @sarahlazare.bsky.social, published in collaboration with @labornotes.bsky.social

It was the morning of June 9, and Genie Kastrup, president of Service Employees Local 1, stood in front of Chicago’s Daley Plaza and bellowed into a microphone. “What is happening right now is about s...

Hundreds of Minnesota Healthcare Workers Are On Strike - Workday Magazine

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Workday Magazine @workdaymagazine.bsky.social · Jul 8

Hundreds of Minnesota Healthcare Workers Are On Strike: Nurses, physicians, and other healthcare providers across Minnesota announce strikes and file ULPs as negotiations stall.

Update: July 8, 8:03 a.m. On the morning of July 8, hundreds of nurses went out on a ULP strike, charging that their employers are failing to bargain in good faith. About 300 workers are affected by t...

Workers Say Wedge Co-op Restricting Freedom to Express Solidarity With Palestinians - Workday Magazine

Workday Magazine @workdaymagazine.bsky.social · Jul 1

Co-op workers and members have been organizing against a new dress code policy that they say restricts their freedom of expression in the workplace.
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Workers and co-op members are organizing against a new dress code policy that they say restricts their freedom of expression in the workplace.