The Horror of Occupation, the Solidarity of Community: Minnesotans Testify on Operation Metro Surge - Workday Magazine

Workers and community members gave public testimony at the Convergence for Democracy about the human rights violations they experienced during Operation Metro Surge.

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‘Treated Worse than Cattle’: 2,500 Tyson Workers Laid Off, Plant Shutters Overnight - Workday Magazine

This article was first published by Labor Notes and is reprinted with permission. Ouano Tante worked the afternoon shift at the Tyson beef plant in Joslin, Illinois, for five years. But when she and h...

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What Two Weeks without Power in Gary, Indiana Tells Us About Our Worsening Climate Crisis - Workday Magazine

GARY, INDIANA – Ruben Chavez was in an elevator at his high-rise apartment in Gary, Indiana, on August 11, when severe storms knocked out the power. He got stuck between the fourth and fifth floors, a...

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“A Manufactured Conspiracy”: Minnesota’s Labor Movement Denounces Federal Surveillance Operation - Workday Magazine

Leaders and workers respond to the federal government’s surveillance of organized labor and community in Minnesota.

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Smoke, Heat, Storms: How Climate Change Is Making Bad Working Conditions Even Worse  - Workday Magazine

One morning, when Jacob started his 9 a.m. shift as a UPS driver in Minnesota, he noticed it was hazy outside. It was July 16, and wildfires raging across northeastern Minnesota and southern Canada ha...

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“We Are Fighting for a Comfortable Life”: High-Rise Condo Workers in Minneapolis Threaten to Strike - Workday Magazine

High-rise condo workers rallied in the rain at the River Towers in downtown Minneapolis on the morning of July 31 to send a message to their employers: They have set a deadline of August 14 for a stri...

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Researchers Say Employers Are Failing to Adequately Report Spending on Union Busting - Workday Magazine

In 2025, Cassandra Thomas and her coworkers at Chapel View Nursing Home in Hopkins, Minn., formed a union in order to improve pay and address what they say are consistently low-staffing issues that hu...

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Locked-Out Refinery Workers Say BP Is Trying to ‘Starve Us,’ Crush Union  - The American Prospect

In Whiting, Indiana, 800 workers have been locked out for four months, and they say the survival of their union is at stake.

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Locked Out Refinery Workers Say BP Is Trying to “Starve Us,” Crush Union - Workday Magazine

This article is a joint publication of Workday Magazine and The American Prospect. WHITING, INDIANA—Elizabeth Piña has been at her union hall since 4:00 a.m., checking in picketers, organizing the foo...

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Locked Out Refinery Workers Say BP Is Trying to “Starve Us,” Crush Union - Workday Magazine

This article is a joint publication of Workday Magazine and The American Prospect. WHITING, INDIANA—Elizabeth Piña has been at her union hall since 4:00 a.m., checking in picketers, organizing the foo...

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Nurses at Hazelden Betty Ford are Striking for a First Contract - Workday Magazine

Nurses who work in addiction treatment are fighting for patient and worker safety in their first union contract.

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Rochester Transit Workers "Cautiously Optimistic" About Non-Renewal of Transdev's Contract - Workday Magazine

On July 6, Rochester, Minn. City Council voted unanimously to award Via Transportation with a contract to manage Rochester Public Transit (RPT)—replacing Transdev, the former management company. Trans...

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“An Attack on All of Us”: Labor Rallies at Courthouse for the Minnesota 15 - Workday Magazine

Ahead of the first hearing for the 15 activists and community defenders charged with conspiracy by the federal government, a crowd full of supporters gathered and demonstrated in solidarity.

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As Labor Celebrates Minnesota’s Resistance Against ICE, Federal Indictments Raise the Stakes - Workday Magazine

The national AFL-CIO held its 30th quadrennial constitutional convention in Minneapolis, where less than a week later, several unionists were arrested for their activism on charges of conspiracy.

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From fascism to AI, our world is breaking. Only rank-and-file workers can save it.

“It's on us to think for the future, because the people in power clearly don't think we have one.” From fascism to AI, labor reporters Kim Kelly, Alex Press, Hamilton Nolan, and Maximillian Alvarez ad...

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“We’ll Continue to Stand Together”: Minnesota Labor Slams Federal Indictments As Political Repression - Workday Magazine

“They’re not prosecuting organizing because organizing failed. They’re prosecuting organizing because organizing worked.”

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FOIA Documents Show "Intrusive" AI System is Monitoring Rochester Bus Drivers - Workday Magazine

Documents obtained through a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request show that bus drivers for Rochester, Minn., are being monitored by “artificial intelligence” technology for alleged actions like ...

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Minnesota Trade Unionists Among Those Targeted in Federal Indictments of ICE Observers - Workday Magazine

Minnesota trade unionists active in worker assemblies are among the 15 people indicted by the federal government today, as part of a sweeping crackdown on organizing in opposition to the ICE and Borde...

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Minnesota Trade Unionists Among Those Targeted in Federal Indictments of ICE Observers - Workday Magazine

Minnesota trade unionists active in worker assemblies are among the 15 people indicted by the federal government today, as part of a sweeping crackdown on organizing in opposition to the ICE and Borde...

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Sex Workers Dance in the Streets of Minneapolis and Reflect on the Impact of Operation Metro Surge - Workday Magazine

On June 2, Minneapolis sex workers and allies rallied in downtown Minneapolis for the annual “Dancing in the Streets” parade to celebrate, call for the decriminalization of sex work, and reflect on th...

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"How Is This Okay?": Union Busting at Publicly Funded Facilities Amid Staffing Crisis - Workday Magazine

A report published in March by Columbia University’s Labor Lab finds that nursing homes in Minnesota that receive public funds through Medicare and Medicaid are more likely to use union-busting tactic...

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"Bigger Than a Contract": In the Twin Cities, Marches, Strikes, and Blockades for May Day - Workday Magazine

Workers across the Twin Cities rallied and marched on International Worker’s Day, or May Day, in solidarity with contract fights, to stand with immigrant workers, and to oppose the threats against wor...

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Register Now – One Day Longer, One Day Stronger: How Minnesota's Labor Movement is Resisting ICE – YouTube

One Day Longer, One Day Stronger: How Minnesota's Labor Movement is Resisting ICE – YouTube, Tue Mar 24, 2026 - “When a seed is ready to sprout, and when the conditions are right, nothing can stop it....

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Thousands of Colorado meatpacking workers are on strike

A strike in Colorado shows what happens when thousands of workers confront one of the most concentrated industries in the American economy.

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“In the Landlords’ Pockets”: Tenants Furious As Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey Vetoes Eviction Pause - Workday Magazine

Minneapolis residents who have been raising funds for neighbors who have been unable to work due to Operation Metro Surge are urging city leaders to take action to prevent an eviction crisis.

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Killing Kids in Iran While Kids in the U.S. Go Hungry - Workday Magazine

This article is a joint publication of Workday Magazine and The American Prospect. When food stamps run low at the end of the month, Brenda has to get creative. She stretches her pantry to piece toget...

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Why Target is the Center of an ICE-Out Campaign in Minnesota - Workday Magazine

ICE Out of MN, a coalition of unions, worker centers, and community organizations, is putting pressure on Minnesota’s corporations that stayed silent as thousands of federal immigration agents wreaked...

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