With ‘career portfolioing,’ employees become free agents, relying increasingly on themselves to carve out a meaningful and rewarding professional life.
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Labor/union history tainted by racism
Reflections on both the towering triumphs and embarrassing failures of a trade union movement.
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Workers rally against Trump and poverty wages at Home Depot
During the early morning hours of President Donald Trump’s Inauguration Day, January 20, janitors that clean Home Depot and other stores in the Twin Cities went on strike against their cleaning contractor. The workers gathered at Home Depot at the Quarry in Northeast Minneapolis to protest what they call poverty wages. Hosted by Centro de Trabajadores Unidos […]
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Sen. Franken pledges to stand his ground on rights for working people
U.S. Senator Al Franken (D-Minn.) says he looks forward to working with the White House and the Republican-controlled Congress. But in an MSR phone interview earlier this week, he also warned that his optimism may be overwhelmed by reality. “The new administration doesn’t start until Friday,” noted Franken Monday during a break in his statewide […]