GMWC

Greater Minnesota Worker Center

[Labor and Industry @mndli]

April "Safety Lines" online, available now https://t.co/LJ7AzyQJy6

[UFCW663 @UFCW663]

“We’ve seen frontline workers and essential workers want a more collaborative workplace, and we’re seeing that unionizing is the proven way to bring about these democratic ideals.” https://t.co/8l800egl0M #WeArePeaceCoffee #UFCW663Strong #1u #MakeItRight #EssentialWorkers

[Minnesota AFL-CIO @MNAFLCIO]

415 workers vote to strike at St. Cloud bus manufacturing plant (via @MNReformer) https://t.co/P6nczp7g6S Solidarity with these @CWAUnion members! #1u

[Labor and Industry @mndli]

In Minnesota, employers are required to provide every employee with a written employee notice when they start their job. If requested by an employee, the employer must provide the notice in another language. Watch a video (in Hmong, Somali and Spanish): https://t.co/QkCbsi6x6J.

[Jordan Barab @jbarab]

Amazon workers suffer a higher rate of ergonomic injuries than other warehouse workers. Washington #OSHA is cracking down with willful violations, citing #Amazon's worker monitoring & discipline program as a risk factor.

Will federal OSHA join the fight?

https://t.co/OHEU6uqNRr

[National Immigration Law Center @NILC]

Two years ago today, Trump weaponized Title 42 to deport asylum seekers at our border. Under both the Trump & Biden administrations, migrants have been denied their right to asylum & expelled to dangerous conditions.

🗣We urge @POTUS to #EndTitle42 NOW: https://t.co/tf2x9jyrjd

[GMWC @greatermnwc]

Pilgrim's Pride Waco Plant Evacuated Over Ammonia Leak
https://t.co/xi5Vk9nuyH

[Angela Kennecke @AngelaKennecke]

Here is who is behind the billboards calling for Ravnsborg’s impeachment and targeting certain lawmakers. This report was filed for us by @JacobWNewton https://t.co/WXUlN9gXGn

[Terri Gerstein @TerriGerstein]

Breaking: @MassAGO just announced $1.5M in citations against Family Dollar @myfamilydollar for thousands of violations of meal break laws, caused by short staffing. (Note: not the pandemic's fault; the cited violations/short staffing occurred pre-Covid). https://t.co/oIFiKtuOQb

[Minnesota AFL-CIO @MNAFLCIO]

Workers and developers need to come together to end wage theft in construction | Opinion https://t.co/fKnQaBNTY1 (via @MNReformer) #1u #mnleg @CTUL_TC

[Minnesota AFL-CIO @MNAFLCIO]

Minnesota union membership continues to grow https://t.co/eMy891cO8s “Working people across Minnesota stood up in 2021 and demanded a voice on the job, better pay & benefits, and safer workplaces,” said Minnesota AFL-CIO President Bill McCarthy. #1u

[LabourStart @labourstart]

GLOBAL: Major investor report into meat industry calls for greater union membership and collective bargaining-IUF https://t.co/Ibx7NueGxy

[NCR @NCRonline]

Interfaith Worker Justice has shut down after 25 years of faith-based solidarity work. @IWJNational
https://t.co/CTMAdemUUa

[Minnesota AFL-CIO @MNAFLCIO]

BREAKING - Report: Amazon facilities in Minnesota have high rate of injuries, pay inequities https://t.co/fddseUdfRJ #1u @AwoodMpls @NelpNews

[NLRB General Counsel @NLRBGC]

🧵In 1975, the Supreme Court, in a case called Emporium Capwell, said that the National Labor Relations Act gives all employees the right to present grievances directly to their employer, whether or not the employee is represented by a union.

[Safety+Health @SafetyHealthMag]

More than half of workers who are exposed to hazardous noise on the job don’t use hearing protection consistently, results of a recent @NIOSH study show. https://t.co/99RzEfpzff

[GMWC @greatermnwc]

Pilgrim’s Pride employees in Waco sign first union contract | MEAT+POULTRY https://t.co/VIQhD9eAJ1

[Jordan Barab @jbarab]

After almost 5 years, OSHA finally has an Assistant Secretary. And he's going to be great!
https://t.co/1WttbINXAq via @jbarab

[Terri Gerstein @TerriGerstein]

RI @AGNeronha brought a #WageTheft criminal case against contractors who worked on a middle school.

[Jobs With Justice @jwjnational]

Dollar General's whole business model is based on doing things as cheaply as possible -- this has resulted in billions for executives and pennies for workers.

@DollarGeneral is built on exploitation.
https://t.co/qtVQR3vlUD