“To workers who have contracted COVID, this is for you,” Minnesota Nurses Association President Mary Turner said.
Hotel workers planning May Day march: ‘One job should be enough’
April 25, 2019 by
“The hotels are making record profits. If we don’t ask them to give us a little part of the pie, they won’t.”
Twin Cities workers plan May Day actions for better working conditions, immigrant rights
April 26, 2017 by
Workers have unveiled plans to strike, rally and march May 1 for better wages, safe working conditions and respect on the job. At a press conference last week outside a Minneapolis Home Depot, local organizers said International Workers’ Day takes on added urgency this year, given the “current political climate and mass mobilization of communities […]
May Day rally draws hundreds in support of immigration reform
May 2, 2013 by
Chants of “si se puede!” rang out from the Minnesota Capitol lawn yesterday, as hundreds of people rallied for federal and state action to fix the nation’s broken immigration system. The May Day demonstration in St. Paul was one of dozens held across the U.S., organized by a broad coalition of groups – including labor […]
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