Allina Health doctors are set to strike for one day in order to improve conditions for both providers and the patients they serve. workdaymagazine.org/why-650-minnes…

"Why 650 Minnesota Doctors May Go on Strike" - new report by Isabela Escalona workdaymagazine.org/why-650-minnes…

650 Minnesota doctors are set to go on strike tomorrow. The strike would impact over 60 Allina clinics across Minnesota. The workers are demanding safe staffing levels in order to retain healthcare providers and improve the quality of care for patients. workdaymagazine.org/why-650-minnes…

Food Service Workers at MSP Airport May Go On Strike Before Thanksgiving Holiday - by Isabela Escalona workdaymagazine.org/food-service-w…

Food Service Workers at MSP Airport May Go On Strike Before Thanksgiving Holiday workdaymagazine.org/food-service-w…

Workers and organizers came together to talk about salting at the Inside Organizer School! Lots of fascinating insights and discussions about a long-standing tactic, at a time when there are so many workers to organize! Via amie jo stager ⛈ and Isabela Escalona workdaymagazine.org/get-on-the-job…

Proud of the Inside Organizer School hosted in Twin Cities . Thank you Workday Magazine for the coverage and participation 💕workdaymagazine.org/get-on-the-job…

While ICE abductions have provoked fear and outrage, the escalation is also unleashing a less visible form of economic treachery on Chicago’s immigrant working class: wage theft, lost income, work speedups, and economic slumps. My latest. inthesetimes.com/article/undocu…

I've been working for a while on this investigation into the deadly labor that built the US nuclear weapons/energy sector. The US govt's uranium mining industry was built disproportionately on Navajo lands where men are 28.6X more likely to develop cancer. inthesetimes.com/article/they-w…

This article is a collaboration between In These Times and Workday Magazine. You can see the Workday Magazine version here. workdaymagazine.org/they-worked-un…

“They moved heaven and earth to get what they wanted when they needed it,” Stephen Etsitty, executive director of the Navajo Nation Environmental Protection Agency, tells me. ​“But they will not move heaven and earth to clean up the mess they left behind.” workdaymagazine.org/they-worked-un…

I wrote a deep dive into the terrible health consequences of uranium mining in Navajo communities. Leslie Begay, pictured here next to his wife, Nora, is a double lung transplant recipient. When others who worked underground beside him got sick, they died. inthesetimes.com/article/they-w…

“An Attempt To Dismantle Liberal Arts Curriculum”: Why Union Members Are Concerned About Changes at the University of Wisconsin workdaymagazine.org/an-attempt-to-…

"As the Wisconsin state legislature attempts to pass legislation standardizing general education requirements, educators warn liberal arts programs could pay the price." Important reporting by Isabela Escalona workdaymagazine.org/an-attempt-to-…

Airport workers and rideshare drivers marched in freezing weather, demanding that the Metropolitan Airport Commission and private companies end ICE deportation flights out of MSP. workdaymagazine.org/no-more-terror…

Latino Union of Chicago, Raise the Floor Alliance, other worker centers are out here at City Hall calling on the city to create a pilot program to provide safe hiring sites for day laborers. It would cost ~$500k, and provide physically protective infrastructure + a coordinator

This has been confirmed by Local 705. "Today, Chief Patrol Agent Gregory Bovino and armed CBP agents interrogated and laughed at our members while they were on the picket line, actions that are protected under the National Labor Relations Act."

Minnesota Labor Coalition Demands Disney Subcontractor Pay Incarcerated Workers Minimum Wage workdaymagazine.org/minnesota-labo…

Anagram, a subcontractor for Disney, pays prisoners as low as $0.90 per hour to package balloons in prisons across Minnesota. A coalition of formerly incarcerated workers and Minnesota unions are demanding they pay workers minimum wage. workdaymagazine.org/minnesota-labo…

A labor coalition in Minnesota is demanding that Disney contractor Anagram pay incarcerated workers minimum wage. Right now, prisoners are making as low as $0.90/hour to package balloons. Important reporting by Isabela Escalona for Workday Magazine workdaymagazine.org/minnesota-labo…