The Minneapolis Public Schools district has proposed closing more than a dozen schools next year to increase enrollment. Union educators and community members are demanding schools stay open.

This year, several worker groups hosted democratic assemblies in Minneapolis during Operation Metro Surge. New documents show how they were surveilled for Operation Puppet Master.

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

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...

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...

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

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...

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...

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...

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

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...

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...

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

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...

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.

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.

“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...

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

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 ...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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....

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

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.

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...

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...

Federal workers who led the first-ever young workers march on Washington want to see young workers rise up across the U.S. and demand more from their employers and government.

Federal workers who led the first-ever young workers march on Washington want to see young workers rise up across the U.S. and demand more from their employers and government.

Federal workers who led the first-ever young workers march on Washington want to see young workers rise up across the U.S. and demand more from their employers and government.

This article is a joint publication of Workday Magazine and In These Times. First, she started checking for suspicious cars each day before leaving the house for work. Then, she began skipping work wh...

On February 13, restaurant workers rallied outside the Hospitality Minnesota building in downtown Minneapolis to deliver a Valentine’s Day card asking industry leaders to ban ICE from restaurants. The...

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)...

One in four Minnesota voters took part in January 23 day of action, or had a loved one who did.

Target gave $1 million to Trump’s inauguration and has allowed ICE staging and abductions on its property, is feeling pressure from its own employees.

This article is a joint publication of Workday Magazine and The American Prospect. Rob doesn’t want anyone else to experience what his co-workers at the Target store in the Minneapolis suburb of Richf...

This article is a joint publication of Workday Magazine and In These Times. Roughly one in four Minnesota voters either participated in the January 23 day of shutdown and protest against ICE, or have ...

Nurses say Alex Pretti was upholding his oath to advocate for and protect his patients and community, and they are demanding the abolition of ICE.

This article is a joint publication of Workday Magazine and Jewish Currents. On January 24th, Border Patrol agents shot and killed Veterans Affairs ICU nurse and ICE observer Alex Pretti in Minneapoli...

Some 100 faith leaders are braving freezing temperatures to block a key road outside of the Minneapolis–St. Paul Airport to protest ICE.

Some 100 faith leaders are braving freezing temperatures to block a key road outside of the Minneapolis–St. Paul Airport to protest ICE.

This article is a publication of Workday Magazine and In These Times. INNEAPOLIS, MINN.—When Feben Ghilagaber delivers food to fellow union members hiding from the thousands of federal immigration age...