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Homeowner wins twice against Freddie Mac

By Bill Sorem, The Uptake

The nation’s largest mortgage company may finally be bending to public pressure. A St. Paul homeowner has scored a pair of victories against Freddie Mac that have allowed her to stay in her foreclosed home, but only after being misled in a move that’s called “dual tracking.”

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Diversified Maintenance Systems, subcontractor for Kmart, Target and Sears, faces possible class action suit on behalf of hundreds of workers

By Bill Sorem, The Uptake

Hundreds more workers may be joining a class action lawsuit against a company that cleans stores for major retailers.

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Centro de Trabajadores Unidos en Lucha alleges violations of workers' safety rights, citing locked doors at Twin Cities workplaces

By Bill Sorem, The Uptake

Imagine if your workplace caught on fire and when you tried to escape you found the doors were locked.

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Bank president to meet with foreclosed homeowner

By Bill Sorem, The Uptake

It’s taken time and a lot of community support, but a Minneapolis woman trying to prevent Woodlands National Bank from evicting her from her home is getting a face-to-face meeting with the bank’s p

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Activists accuse City of Minneapolis of using riot charges to discourage Occupy protests

By Bill Sorem, The Uptake

City of Minneapolis prosecutors

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Minneapolis woman almost evicted by company that didn’t own her home

By Michael McIntee and Bill Sorem, The Uptake

Minneapolis resident Connie Gretsch was bracing to be evicted from her longtime Minneapolis home.

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Though discouraged by bank's "bureaucratic wheels," foreclosure activists commit to keep fighting for Cruz home

By Bill Sorem, The Uptake

Supporters of an evicted Minneapolis family fighting Freddie Mac and PNC Bank are discouraged by MORE »

Minnesota Immigrant Rights Action Committee moves forward with immigrant rights work while mourning loss of Walker Church home

By Bill Sorem, The Uptake

When the Walker Community Church burned on Memorial Day, Minneapolis lost more than an historic building.

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Minnesotans joined 20,000 protesters at NATO summit in Chicago

By Bill Sorem, The Uptake

About 100 Minnesotans journeyed to Chicago the weekend of May 12 – 13, 2012 to participate with 20,000 others in protesting the MORE »

Stadium protesters confront City Council President

By Bill Sorem, The Uptake

Angry protestors met in front of Minneapolis City Hall Thursday to protest the city buying in to the Vikings stadium financing plan as the issue was considered by a committee of the entire council.

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