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Construction Bosses Are Using Elaborate Schemes to Harm Workers

Specialty contractors and labor brokers are among the participants reducing their own labor costs by burdening workers unfairly.

Construction workers build a structure in Katy, Texas, on April 2, 2025. (Photo by RONALDO SCHEMIDT/AFP via Getty Images)

University of Minnesota Unions Say University is Capitulating to Trump Admin, Rally Against Detention of International Student

On March 31, workers, students, and allies rallied together on the steps of Johnston Hall, which contains the office of the University of Minnesota President Rebecca Cunningham’s, to protest what they criticize as the University’s failure to forcefully object to ICE’s recent abduction of a graduate student, and an onslaught of University policies limiting the freedom of speech across campus.

Photo by Isabela Escalona.

Three Times Workers Resisted Fascism in Minnesota History

Historical examples of workers resisting the oligarchical forces of fascism and authoritarianism.

People’s Lobby members gather during their occupation of the Minnesota Capitol on April 4, 1937. Image from the Minnesota Historical Society.

Postal Workers Rally Against Trump’s Proposed Privatization of the Postal Service

“Public sectors are the frontline, they will go after private sectors next,” said Tyler Vasseur, a postal worker with the National Association of Letter Carriers (NALC), Branch 9.

U.S. Postal Service workers with local branches of the National Association of Letter Carriers rallied at the Minnesota State Capitol on March 23, along with hundreds of community allies, Minnesota unions, and politicians to demand a strong contract—and oppose the Trump administration’s recent threats to privatize the postal service and reduce services.

Photo by Isabela Escalona.

“One Job Should Be Enough”: How 9,000 Grocery Workers Are Banding Together in Minnesota

“People just want to be able to afford to live. One job should be enough to do that,” said Monica Duque, a Cub Foods worker and UFCW Local 663 member. Duque is one of around 9,000 Minnesota grocery workers whose union contracts with 14 different companies expired in early March. Coordinated negotiations with seven employers is ongoing, and UFCW 663 is doing open bargaining, issuing broad appeals to the membership to show up for sessions.

Photo by Jessica Hayssen, UFCW 663

How Healthcare Workers Are Defending Their Transgender Patients from Trump’s Attacks

Healthcare workers across the United States are mobilizing to support the young transgender and gender-diverse patients they care for, as the Trump administration unleashes a flurry of executive orders, and political

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