Workers v. ICE

Check out our new video with some of the Minnesota 15, and our latest coverage.

They Stood Up to ICE in Minnesota. Now Trump’s Government Is Coming for Them.

Hear from three union workers who are among the “Minnesota 15” defendants the Trump administration is targeting for organizing to defend their Minneapolis communities from ICE earlier this year. Thank you to The Real News Network for co-publishing.

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Iowa City Community Outraged as Mother, Custodian Deported to Sierra Leone

Fatou Traore, a custodian at the University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics represented by AFSCME Council 61, Local 12, was detained by ICE on September 24, and then deported to Sierra Leone, a country she had never set foot in. Photo courtesy of family.

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“They’re Trying to Starve Us”: BP Opposes Unemployment Benefits for Locked-Out Workers

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“Painful and Shocking”: Campus Unions Slam University of Minnesota’s Proposed Budget Cuts

Alee Schmierer, a library worker and AFSCME 3800, member shares that lay-offs have already begun following the University of Minnesota’s proposed budget cuts. Photo by Isabela Escalona.

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