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‘Senate GOP’s move on Labor Commissioner a slap in the face to working Minnesotans’

By Filiberto Nolasco Gomez

Race

Black women workers are essential during the crisis and for the recovery but still are greatly underpaid

Black Women’s Equal Pay Day, August 13, is a day to call attention to the fact that Black women deserve equal pay but are still severely underpaid

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Environment

The Green New Deal Just Won a Major Union Endorsement. What’s Stopping the AFL-CIO?

For the faculty, teachers and paraprofessionals who make up the AFT, leading in the fight against climate change is paramount. And to get the rest of the labor movement on board, Nelson has some advice: “If you believe in something, you gotta be willing to fight for it.”
Elections

COVID Crisis Prompts Changes for MN Primary

Because of the health crisis, voters now have until Thursday, Aug. 13, to ensure their ballots been delivered by mail.
Investigative

While Covid-19 Upends Supply Chains, Farms That Sell Locally Thrive

“That is the gift of the local system, that it’s so much more resilient than the big industrial system,” said Margot McMillen, a small-scale organic vegetable and beef farmer in Missouri.
Commentary

In Uncertain Times, Voting is Sure Way to Make an Impact

'Both locally and nationally, our labor movement is responding to each crisis with urgency and solidarity, and we will carry that same energy into our next big challenge of 2020, the election.'
Commentary

If “Cancel Culture” Is About Getting Fired, Let’s Cancel At-Will Employment

You know what should be canceled? The legal right of most bosses to fire you for a “good cause, bad cause, or no cause.”
COVID-19

Nobody Accurately Tracks Health Care Workers Lost to COVID-19. So She Stays Up At Night Cataloging the Dead

Anesthesiologist Claire Rezba started tracking lost health workers almost instinctively. Researchers and industry professionals say the lack of good official data on these deaths is “scandalous” and is putting lives in danger.