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What We Can Learn From Minnesota Unions' Big Contract Wins

Fifteen thousand workers in Minnesota voted to authorize strikes recently, the culmination of over a decade of cross-sector organizing with powerful results.

Minneapolis Teachers: No Trust in Mediation, Build the Strike Fund, Prep for Strike Now

Minnesota: 8,000 janitorial workers plan March 4 walkout; 3,700 St. Paul teachers set to strike on March 11

Thousands of Minnesota workers, potentially striking at the same time, should be united into a joint struggle and led by rank-and-file committees.

MPS and teachers union hold diverging views of district finances amid contract negotiations

The union says higher pay for educators will reduce turnover, bring families back to the district, and grow enrollment and revenue.

Nex Benedict's Death Being Investigated as a Crime; Vigils Across the Nation Mourn Native, Non-Binary Teen

Sixteen-year-old Nex Benedict, whose mother is a tribal citizen of the Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma, died on Feb. 8, one day after a physical altercation in a girl’s bathroom at an Owasso, Okla. high school. Nex’s death has made international news and re-ignited a debate about transgender rights. Nex identified as non-binary and used they/them pronouns.