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CTUL Rally for Justice in Retail Cleaning

09/29/2012 - 8:00am - 4:00pm

On September 29, 2012, retail cleaning workers with CTUL are organizing a Rally for Justice in Retail Cleaning, calling on Sears Holding Company to contract with responsible cleaning contractors.

Twin Cities Labor Chorus/Lex Ham Community Theater Benefit for Locked Out Crystal Sugal Workers

07/31/2012 - 7:00pm - 8:30pm

It's our 2nd annual summer concert! Come raise a ruckus and join in songs of protest, workers struggle and a vision of a better world!

Bernie Hesse: Seeing hope in young organizers at Jimmy Johns

By Lisa Peterson-de la Cueva, TC Daily Planet

Bernie Hesse is the Director of Special Projects and Political Director at UFCW Local 1189. Hesse took a break from contract negotiations for grocery workers to talk to the Twin Cities Daily Planet about the future of unions and jobs in Minnesota.  "We believe that working people should be paid a good and fair wage," he told the Daily Planet. "Nobody should have to worry about whether or not they can afford health care or put food on the table."

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FREE SPEECH ZONE | 2,000 Rally in Solidarity with Wisconsin--Are You In?

By Jaime Hokanson, Twin Cities Indymedia

I've traveled to numerous rallies at the State Capitol in St.

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Sweatshop Workers Speak Out! - National Tour Kickoff Event at Macalester College

04/16/2010 - 4:30pm - 6:06pm

Amid economic crisis, Local Municipalities and Educational Institutions  may be using tax dollars to support sweatshops, say international garment workers on visit to Twin Cities&nbs

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