“The militarization of our community is a union issue, because no one is safe until all of us are safe.” new from @sarahlazare.bsky.social

“Even When They Gas Us”: Hundreds Brave Tear Gas, Pepper Balls to Protest ICE Read our latest collaboration with @inthesetimes.com by @sarahlazare.bsky.social

“One thing that we reiterate is that fear is one of the tactics that they’re reliably using, and that it is important for us to fight against it, to be daringly open, to be daringly in community with each other.” -Miguel Alvelo Rivera, Latino Union of Chicago

ICE Abducts Man Suing Off-Duty Police for Abusing Day Laborers “The Department of Homeland Security has become the department of state terror,” said Rep. Delia Ramirez. Read our latest collaboration with @inthesetimes.com

UPDATE: yesterday, Teamsters Local 320 filed ULP complaints against UMN for alleged violation of workers’ rights & @farmaid.org artists & organizers express solidarity with workers, refusing to cross the picket line ahead of the 40-year-old festival scheduled for Sept. 20th

Hundreds of University of Minnesota facilities and food service workers are on strike on UMN campuses across the state.

“We Cannot Water Down Our Proposals Anymore”: UMN Teamsters Go on Strike

“What is happening at Hennepin county?” Seven Senior Janitors Let Go with No Notice

"Management can tear up the collective bargaining agreement, but it cannot get rid of the collective identity of workers, he says. They can still support each other, remain in communication and community, and act in solidarity on the job." via @sarahlazare.bsky.social

Deteriorating services, moms forced back from maternity leave, and more as federal workers lose formal union protections. Read our latest by @sarahlazare.bsky.social, published in partnership with @prospect.org

In a snap, Trump has attempted to vaporize collective bargaining agreements for about 7% of all US workers. @sarahlazare.bsky.social and our friends at @workdaymagazine.bsky.social explain what it means for workers to lose those rights at work. prospect.org/labor/trump-...

"Workers Over Billionaires" Rally at Minneapolis/St. Paul Airport for Labor Day

"By going on strike, in part, for protections for immigrants, workers are showcasing a strategy to use workers’ most powerful weapon to protect union members. And if they win, they’ll be the first Teamsters local in the country to adopt such protective language."

Workers at Mauser plant in Chicago have been on strike 11 wks and counting to demand protections against federal immigration authorities, among other demands. They want management to turn away ICE and DHS, unless they present a signed judicial warrant. My report from Teamsters Local 705 picket line.

Read our latest Q&A with @rlmartstudio.bsky.social on his first book and the history that has led us to this moment: "We’re seeing more and more people stepping forward with real passion and commitment in defense of communities that they’re not a part of." workdaymagazine.org/what-does-th...

“We Make it Run”: University of Minnesota Teamsters’ File Intent to Strike During Move-in Week

Hormel Allegedly Stole Paid Sick Leave Benefit From Meatpacking Workers

Meatpacking workers say Hormel Foods stole compensation that was owed to them through Minnesota's paid sick leave rule. They have filed a class action lawsuit against the company, demanding back compensation. Hormel is food giant known for its ruthless breaking of a strike in '85-'86. My latest.

What are the benefits of opening up collective bargaining to membership and the public? Read our latest story! workdaymagazine.org/open-bargain...

Fight ICE. Build the Union. How Labor is mobilizing to defend workers from federal raids. by @nataschaelena.bsky.social and @sarahlazare.bsky.social, published in collaboration with @labornotes.bsky.social

Hundreds of Minnesota Healthcare Workers Are On Strike: Nurses, physicians, and other healthcare providers across Minnesota announce strikes and file ULPs as negotiations stall.

Co-op workers and members have been organizing against a new dress code policy that they say restricts their freedom of expression in the workplace. workdaymagazine.org/workers-say-...

As the Minnesota Nurses Association negotiates a new contract, safe staffing levels are the top concern for members.

From Lake Street to Los Angeles, union leaders, organizers, and members have been on the front lines of resistance against Trump’s mass deportation agenda. They say they will continue standing up for workers, and call on elected leaders to join them. workdaymagazine.org/minnesotas-l...

PHOTO STORY: Minneapolis Celebrates 50 Years of International Sex Workers’ Day

"Behind all the lunch pail rhetoric, antiestablishment posturing and feigned concern for the working class, what Trump is proposing is more heavy-handed, anti-worker, military-driven economic policies." Read our latest collaboration with @inthesetimes.com, reported by @sarahlazare.bsky.social

PHOTO STORY: Minneapolis Celebrates 50 Years of International Sex Workers’ Day

His wife has been battling cancer. He’s battling for improved working conditions—and to build power for the next contract fight. He was one of 9,000 grocery employees working on an expired contract across the Twin Cities Metro.

From our interview with Jennifer Abruzzo, former head of the NLRB. workdaymagazine.org/jennifer-abr...

We talked with Jennifer Abruzzo, former head of the NLRB, about how workers can fight back in this moment.

Found this part of the @workdaymagazine.bsky.social interview with Jennifer Abruzzo especially interesting. Great working with @radicalamy.bsky.social on this. workdaymagazine.org/jennifer-abr...

“For the Workers, Not the Billionaires”: Minnesota’s May Day Actions Minnesota’s labor movement is taking action against attacks on union and immigrant rights.

First they took down a merger. Now 70,000 workers are seeing their contracts with Kroger and Albertsons expire at the same time. @sarahlazare.bsky.social writes about grocery workers VS Goliath (our latest collaboration with @inthesetimes.com).

Via @workdaymagazine.bsky.social - "When workers are misclassified, it means they are denied a host of protections and rights that workers are entitled to." #BetterInAUnion #mnleg

Workers and unions across the U.S. are raising the alarm about the Trump administration’s attempts to divide the working class. We found some historical examples specific to Minnesota's history of workers resisting the forces of division. 🧵 workdaymagazine.org/three-times-...

“One Job Should Be Enough”: How 9,000 Grocery Workers Are Banding Together in Minnesota Workers are in coordinated bargaining, and demanding better staffing, secure retirement, and good healthcare. by @sarahlazare.bsky.social

We are thrilled that @labornotes.bsky.social published our article, which we produced in collaboration with @thenation.com. By @sarahlazare.bsky.social

Health care workers are mobilizing as union members with protests and creative actions to support transgender patients, @sarahlazare.bsky.social reports for @thenation.com and @workdaymagazine.bsky.social, republished in @labornotes.bsky.social: labornotes.org/blogs/2025/0...

“I am honestly appalled and disgusted by multi-billion-dollar organizations rolling over and saying, ‘Don’t take our federal funding,’ instead of doing the absolute minimum and standing up for providers and patients and saying, ‘We won’t be swayed by a moral panic.’”

How Healthcare Workers Are Defending Their Transgender Patients from Trump’s Attacks by @sarahlazare.bsky.social, published in partnership with @thenation.com

Healthcare workers across the US are mobilizing to defend their transgender patients from Trump's attacks. Some are doing it privately, others out in the open as members of their unions. They're protesting, testifying, taking collective action, and refusing to comply in advance. My latest.

This article is a collaboration between @thenation.com and @workdaymagazine.bsky.social. You can see the Workday version here.

“Fascism isn’t born at the ballot box, and it won’t be defeated at the ballot box.” workdaymagazine.org/we-are-in-th...

Read how rank-and-file union members are preparing to confront the policies targeting their workplaces and communities. workdaymagazine.org/we-are-in-th...

Starbucks’ Unions Christmas Eve Strikes Inspire Two More Minnesota Stores to Unionize

Hey guess what! Remember when Starbucks workers went on strike the day before Christmas/Hanukkah of 2024? The strike inspired two more stores in Minnesota to start a union campaign. Read this report by Isabela Escalona for @workdaymagazine.bsky.social

Starbucks’ Unions Christmas Eve Strikes Inspire Two More Minnesota Stores to Unionize

Workers at Delta Air Lines say the movement to fully unionize the industry is closer than ever. 28,000 flight attendants and 20,000 ramp, cargo, & tower agents are fighting for the right to collectively bargain with @afacwa.org & @machinistsunion.bsky.social workdaymagazine.org/why-delta-ai...

How Being a Corporate Boss Is the Perfect Training Ground for Authoritarian Rule Democracy is muscle memory, and when we lose it at the workplace, we lose it in our government. @sarahlazare.bsky.social interviews political philosopher Elizabeth Anderson. workdaymagazine.org/political-ph...

Union members in Minnesota are organizing to protect immigrant communities under threat from the Trump administration. workdaymagazine.org/how-st-paul-...