Workday Magazine

“Bigger Than a Contract”: In the Twin Cities, Marches, Strikes, and Blockades for May Day

“Bigger Than a Contract”: In the Twin Cities, Marches, Strikes, and Blockades for May Day 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 working people all over the globe.  Many of the actions were led by leaders in the ICE OUT coalition...

Labor organizer Veronica Mendez Moore explains why unions, worker centers, and other organizations are focusing on Target to lead the corporate push against ICE in Minnesota.

Why Target is the Center of an ICE-Out Campaign in Minnesota 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 havoc on the state.The coalition is focusing its efforts on Target, a “home-grown” corporatio...

Demand Grows for Statewide Eviction Moratorium in Minnesota

Demand Grows for Statewide Eviction Moratorium in Minnesota On January 30, educators and children from the Twin Cities demonstrated in front of the governor’s mansion in St. Paul, Minn., led by rank-and-file members of Minneapolis Federation of Educators (MFE) Local 59, to demand that Gov. Tim Walz enact a statewide eviction moratorium. On the same day, a ...