BOLLINGBROOK, IL—On April 25, Local 1123 members ratified a new three-year agreement with their employer, National Consolidation Services (NCS). NCS is a third-party logistics company outside of Chicago that operates an inbound cross dock supplying Walgreens distribution centers across the country.

NCS demanded major concessions, attempted to gut just cause provisions and claw back holidays, and stuck to their proposal of implementing an arbitrary merit pay system until the very last day of bargaining.

Local 1123 Treasurer and bargaining team member Dave Bulwan said, “Our members took full advantage of the labor shortage three years ago when we took a strike vote which led to major improvements in wages, paid leave, improvements in the attendance system, and contract language in 2022. This round of bargaining management increased security and hired scabs from local temp agencies to intimidate members into taking concessions and giving back everything we won in the last contract. Well it didn’t work.”  

Over the course of two months, Local 1123 members stickered up with a “Will strike if provoked” message, voted to authorize their committee to call a strike vote, held rallies in the parking lot during bargaining, and signed a public strike pledge committing to walk and shut down NCS, and by extension Walgreen’s distribution system, if management refused to move off their demands for concessions.

“Every one of our members signed a public strike pledge that we presented to management, and it was that strength, that solidarity that made management sober up and drop their demands to gut seniority, just cause protections, and back off of random drug testing and arbitrary ‘merit’ pay system. ” said Local 1123 President Charles King.

Members ultimately ratified a contract that includes a $0.63 across the board raise in the first year and a wage repopener in 2026 which includes the right to strike over wages. The membership secured a drug testing policy that includes just cause protections, the right to speak to a steward before going to the testing clinic, reasonable cause before management can require drug tests, and marajuana testing levels that protect members who may use legal recreational marajuana outside of work.

At the outset of bargaining the local demanded and won the onboarding and direct hire of temporary workers who were included in the contract campaign. “Don’t let management tell you who you can organize,” said Bulwan. “After we bargained two of the temporary workers into the union, management went out and hired another temp agency and had scabs in the parking lot ready to walk in and take our jobs. We took a caucus and went out and talked to them and told them what was up, they left, and not long after we secured our new contract.”

Members maintained the right to strike mid-contract and secured raises that have kept pace with inflation over the past ten years. President King described it this way: “We made major gains in the last contract and our goal this round was to maintain those gains. We accomplished that, but with a fight. Bargaining conditions since Trump took office have shifted dramatically, companies feel emboldened to demand take-aways and our solidarity is the only thing stopping them. If you are bargaining a contract this year, get strike ready because they are coming for us, but if we stick together we can still beat them on the shop floor where our power is.”

The Local 1123 bargaining committee consisted of President Charles King and Treasurer Dave Bulwan. They were assisted by International Representative Sean Fulkerson.

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Good afternoon brothers and sisters. My name is M. Drezner and I represent the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers Local 426 right here in Sioux Falls. I’m proud to be here with all of you today to take a stand against what the Trump administration is doing to our unions representing federal workers. Right now, workers at AFGE and other unions representing government employees are in a fight to preserve collective bargaining, a cornerstone of the labor movement. The working class movement has always been at its strongest when workers band together to fight for respect and dignity in the workplace. Now viewing this strength as a threat, the Trump administration is working to dismantle these unions which represent hundreds of thousands of workers across the country.

This is only the tip of the iceberg of Trump’s attacks on the working class. Alfredo Juarez, a leader of Familias Unidas por la Justicia in Washington was detained by ICE. Mahmoud Khalil of UAW Local 2710 was abducted for exercising his first amendment rights. Kilmar Garcia, a SMART Local 100 apprentice was arrested and sent to a Salvadorian prison. Our union brothers and sisters around the country are under attack at this very moment.

Attacking the working class will not fix the problems we are facing in this country. All workers deserve a life of dignity and safety, collective bargaining, good wages, and the ability to retire. By attacking unions and the ability for workers to collectively struggle for better conditions, we are making the situation worse, not better. It is easy to attack workers as being “entitled” for wanting more when we have become complacent with asking for so little and not realizing that it is our efforts that set this economy into motion every day. What the working class needs more than anything right now is more unity, not more division.

We must remember that when one worker is attacked, we are all attacked. That is why I stand here today in solidarity with our AFGE brothers and sisters, this is the whole meaning behind working-class solidarity. An assault on union rights for federal workers today will lead to an assault on workers in the construction trade like myself tomorrow. I urge everyone here today to get involved in your community. If you’re in a union, attend your meetings, voice your opinion and work to strengthen solidarity within our organizations. The task before us is big, but it is not insurmountable. We will quickly find out that all of us have more in common with each other than we ever thought. Solidarity!

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MINNEAPOLIS, MN—On Monday March 31 members of UE Local 1105, the Graduate Labor Union of the University of Minnesota (UMN), gathered at the UMN Twin Cities campus to speak out against the university administration’s inaction in the face of a broad range of threats from the federal government against workers, students, and faculty. The rally was held jointly with AFSCME 3800 and featured speakers from both unions as well as the Minnesota Immigrant Rights Action Committee, UMN Students for a Democratic Society, and other campus and local organizations. The large crowd expressed concern over a plethora of attacks: cuts to federal research funds, attacks on diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) programs, the rollback of civil rights for transgender people, and the arrests and deportations of immigrants and international students across the United States. This last concern was especially pressing, as ICE detained a UMN graduate student from Turkey on March 27.

At the rally, Local 1105 President Abaki Beck, alongside AFSCME 3800 president Max Vast, unveiled a list of eight demands for UMN President Rebecca Cunningham. This joint press conference and rally drew over 500 attendees, breaking the university’s spontaneous civil engagement policy enacted in August 2024, which limits protests to 100 attendees. 

Beck called upon Cunningham to take “immediate and pre-emptive action” to protect students and workers from the consequences of the federal attacks, instead of continuing to “hide behind empty platitudes” that perpetuate harm to workers and students. These demands included President Cunningham holding a meeting with union leadership, a written commitment to defending immigrant workers and protecting cultural or diversity centers on campus, publicly communicated plans on how UMN will address funding challenges, a binding agreement to halt layoffs for one year, an expansion of Know Your Rights trainings, and an end to union busting and political repression on campus. 

Olivia Wood, a graduate worker in the English Department and a Local 1105 steward, detailed the fear many on campus are currently feeling and called on President Cunningham not to allow herself to be paralyzed by fear. “These past few months, I’ve experienced more fear due to politics than ever before in my adult life. Almost everyone I know is scared, too,” Wood said. “But I, and my fellow GLU-UE members, will not let our fear stop us from standing up for ourselves, for our colleagues, and our coworkers. Because we know that fear is never a reason to refuse to do the right thing. To Rebecca Cunningham, to the Board of Regents: We call on you to overcome your fear.” 

Greyson Arnold, a transgender graduate worker in the Department of Family Social Science, spoke of his decision to study at the University of Minnesota because it promised greater safety. “As a transgender PhD student from the southern United States, who studies transgender, gender-diverse, and LGBTQ+ communities, I chose to study at UMN so that I could have confidence in my civil rights and ability to conduct crucial research,” Arnold said. “Instead, I stand before you on the 16th annual Transgender Day of Visibility, pleading with our university’s leadership to protect me, to protect my international and immigrant colleagues and neighbors. Visibility without protections is a trap!”

A month later, the demands Local 1105 and AFSCME 3800 made of the administration still have not been met. Soon after the demands were made public to the University, UMN Vice President of Human Resources Ken Horstman responded to union presidents Beck and Vast in an email, referring to the demands as “bargaining issues,” and went on to mention that GLU would have to wait until the local’s contract expires in Spring of 2027 before the university would consider the demands. 

In response, Local 1105 will be strengthening ties with unions, immigrant rights groups, and community allies across campus and the Twin Cities. Local 1105 is building a united front to keep its members safe and to pressure the University to take real, material action.

On April 25, Local 1105 President Abaki Beck spoke at AFSCME 3800’s contract negotiation kickoff rally and reaffirmed the local’s stance that these demands are necessary.

Local 1105’s stewards and members will soon have access to Know Your Rights trainings, coordinated with campus partners, to prepare for the escalating threats many in our communities are facing. These trainings are essential for the local to arm itself with the knowledge and tools to resist state violence and institutional neglect. 

On May 1, Local 1105 joined the Minnesota Immigrant Rights Action Committee for their May Day/Day Without Immigrants rally and march at the Minnesota state capitol. Recognized internationally as a day of worker solidarity, May Day provides an opportunity for workers and community members to come together in support of shared struggles. 

Looking ahead, Local 1105 remains committed to working alongside the broader Twin Cities labor community and other UE graduate worker locals to build enduring collective power. As the federal government continues to enact harmful policies and as the university remains largely unresponsive, Local 1105 affirms its role in standing with those affected. This effort reflects a core principle of solidarity: workers and community members joining together to protect and support one another.

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Vice President of AFGE Local 1509 Ariel Ness talked on how devastating the current attack on the union has been, stating that union membership was cut in half in one night due to the VA violating the master contract and ending payroll deduction for dues. AFGE locals have had to scramble to enroll members in E-dues to maintain union membership, a blatant attempt to cut funding to unions representing federal workers.

Around 100 people attended the rally and showed their support for AFGE workers and veterans, many holding signs criticizing the Trump administration as well as local representative Dusty Johnson, Senator John Thune, and Senator Mike Rounds. Speakers and attendees alike remarked that like AFGE’s slogan of the rally, “not our first fight”, the attacks on federal workers will continue and this will be a long struggle that won’t be won overnight. Many left the event in high spirits, determined to continue supporting workers under attack by the current administration.

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MADISON, WI—On Tuesday, April 1, voters in Wisconsin elected the pro-worker Susan Crawford to a seat on the state supreme court, despite billionaire Elon Musk spending more than $20 million to support Crawford’s conservative opponent. Crawford won by a margin of almost 10 percentage points, winning many counties which supported Trump in the 2024 presidential election.

The Wisconsin Supreme Court is scheduled to hear cases on collective bargaining rights for public-sector workers — which were severely restricted by the Republican-passed “Act 10” in 2011 — and for workers at the University of Wisconsin Hospitals and Clinics. It is also scheduled to consider the constitutionality of Wisconsin’s draconian abortion ban, which was passed in 1849, before women even had the right to vote.

UE Local 1186 in Madison endorsed Crawford and phone-banked their members to turn them out. In addition to asking members to vote in the election, they also encouraged them to participate in solidarity actions supporting workers at the Transportation Security Administration and the Veterans Administration, who are under attack from the Trump administration and Musk’s so-called “Department of Government Efficiency.” Crawford was also endorsed by the UE Western Region.

The Guardian reported that “Musk reprised some of the tactics that he used last fall to help Trump win, including offering $100 to people who signed a petition opposing ‘activist judges’ and offering $1 million checks to voters.” Following her election, Crawford told supporters, “Today Wisconsinites fended off an unprecedented attack on our democracy. Wisconsin stood up and said loudly that justice does not have a price. Our courts are not for sale.”

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The workers also rallied in support of an unidentified graduate student who was detained by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) on March 27, 2025, and another student that was revealed to had been abducted on March 28, 2025 from the campus of Minnesota State University Mankato.

Hundreds of students and workers gathered on campus at the UMN in front of Morrell Hall, the same hall which was occupied for 24 hours back in January 1969 by 70 black students to protest institutional racism and the lack of outreach, support, and culturally relevant coursework for students of color. At the rally, AFSCME 3800 President Max Vast, GLU-UE President Abaki Beck and others addressed the crowd with both a list of demands to UMN President Rebecca Cunningham and addressing the working conditions on campus that were making it harder for UMN workers and faculty to do their jobs.

The list of demands includes the following:

1. An immediate meeting with AFSMCE-3800 and GLU-UE, to ensure the urgent concerns of our union members are addressed and swiftly acted upon.
2. A clear, written commitment to defending immigrant workers by providing immediate and full financial, material, and legal support for international students and workers facing the threat of deportation. Establish the University of Minnesota as an official Sanctuary Campus to protect our community.
3. A binding agreement to halt layoffs for one year due to federal funding cuts, providing staff with job security as legal challenges to cuts unfold. The future under the Trump administration remains uncertain and in President Cummingham’s own words, “we should not overreact to what continues to be a fluid situation”.
4. A rapid expansion of Know Your Rights trainings for all students and workers to ensure that we are fully prepared to defend out rights and stay safe in the face of increasing federal attacks.
5. A publicly communicated plan to strengthen and expand our legal challenges to federal funding cuts, outlining how the University will address the potential impact of funding cuts. We demand the University commit to leveraging the full power of the University to resist these attacks, and ensuring that workers’ jobs and research remains protected.
6. An end to union busting on campus, demonstrated by bargaining in good faith with our Unions, and immediately and voluntarily recognizing graduate fellows and newly organized workers on campus. Strong unions are the foundation of our university and make this a better place to work, live, and study for everyone.
7. Immediate action to end political repression on  campus, including a clear commitment to protect workers targeted by McCarthyist federal investigations, immediately repealing restrictive protest policies, reversing the consolidation of power over departmental speech, and ending retaliation against campus protest. We further demand the University refuse to comply with the Trump Administration’s request for names and nationalities of students and workers involvement in protest.
8. A written commitment to no cuts to cultural centers or academic programs, and the continuation of critical EDI work. The University must take concrete steps to ensure ALL students and workers feel safe, supported, and respected on this campus. This work is far from finished.

AFSCME-UMN will also be heading to the bargaining table for a new collective bargaining agreement (CBA) with the UMN as their prior contact was three years ago. President Vast appealed for continued support from the students and workers in their fight to secure a new CBA and the rights of all students and workers in the UMN.

LUEL applauds AFSCME-UMN Local 3800 and GLU-UE Local 1105 for standing up for fellow workers and students. LUEL calls on the UMN and all university systems to respect the rights of students and workers and for the UMN to recognize the graduate fellows and other workers that want to form a union.

AFSCME-UMN Local 3800 can be found at: https://www.afscmemn.org/local-3800-university-minnesota-clerical-workers GLU-UE Local 1105 can be found at: https://umnglu.org/

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“The Postal Service is more than just a delivery system—it’s part of the backbone of our democracy, our economy, and our communities. It’s older than the country itself! Benjamin Franklin was appointed as the first Postmaster General in 1775, before we even declared independence. And for nearly 250 years, the Postal Service has connected every corner of this nation, no matter how rural, no matter how small the town—because the mail belongs to the people, not to billionaires that only care about profits.

“The White House is now pushing to move the Postal Service under the Department of Commerce. That might sound like just a bureaucratic shuffle, but let’s call it what it really is—the next step toward privatization! And we know what privatization means: higher costs, worse service, and abandoning rural America because it simply isn’t profitable to deliver to those communities.”

Justin Claussen, NALC Branch 491 Steward

Other speakers provided experiences of how essential the postal service is, including a firefighter speaking on how postal workers are sometimes the first to call 911 for citizens in an emergency situation, especially with elderly people. When asked how many mail carriers have had to call 911, many hands were raised in the crowd, putting perspective on the fact that carriers do more than just deliver mail.

Many speakers touched on the topic of rural Americans being affected by the potential privatization. Mark DeBelts, another member of Branch 491, commented to news sources, “If the privatization came around, it would affect maybe 55 million rural communities, and we as South Dakota, we live in a rural community. So, it would affect everybody.”

Claussen would end the event motivating attendees to start connecting with other members saying, “this fight won’t be won by individuals, it will be won by a movement” and by building working-class power.

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Good afternoon brothers and sisters, I’m M. Drezner and I am a member of the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers (IBEW). I want to thank the hard working members of the National Association of Letter Carriers for putting this on not only in Sioux Falls, but around the country. This is not the first time the postal service has come under attack, as brother Justin summed up at the beginning of the event. The working class of this country has sacrificed its blood to establish many standards we enjoy today and have had to fight and claw protections away from the ruling class so that we might all have a better standard of living. But those protections, if not safeguarded with the constant strengthening of a class-oriented trade union movement, are always subject to rollbacks and are always under threat from those with a voracious hunger to privatize and commodify every facet of our society.

A paper was published, or rather leaked, last month detailing Wells Fargo’s thesis for what privatizing our postal service would look like. In this document titled “USPS Privatization: A Framework” Wells Fargo lays out what it believes is a plan that would “enhance parcel profitability” (their words) and when I looked through all the sweeping changes they would make to our postal system, it was borderline horrific. One of the cornerstones of this document were the acquisition of real estate, selling all the land that the postal service occupies which they estimated to be in the realm of $85 billion. Not only that, but Wells Fargo also believes that USPS should raise its rates 30-140% citing that it would be good for FedEx and UPS. USPS has been a constant counterweight to the greed of FedEx and UPS by providing affordable shipping methods.

Another topic that Wells Fargo wants on the chopping block is pensions and what they described as “healthcare liabilities” (because heaven forbid workers use their healthcare that they pay for). Wells Fargo believes that these pensions should be instead offloaded to taxpayers to foot the bill, relieving the company of its obligation to their members and most likely moving to a 401K that is volatile and can make the ruling class even more money.

Currently, USPS provides what is called Universal Service Obligation or USO which requires mail to be delivered to all US address within six days. This ensures that citizens located in Alaska and Hawaii receive their mail in a timely manner. Under privatization, there would be no guarantee when a package would arrive to those states, or any state for that matter.

And rural Americans? It is noted that the rural community has a “strong affinity” for the postal service, but provides no recourse for them under privatization. So essentially, we are leaving rural Americans disconnected from their family and friends, kicking them to the curb because they’re not “profitable”.

The prevailing belief throughout this entire plan is that the ruling class, not content with its vast levels of wealth, wants to continue stripping away all services to Americans at the whims of ever increasing levels of profit. National programs that are privatized often experience poorer service at massively increased rates and that is the threat we are faced with today.

But while the situation may be dark and the road ahead uncertain, the undeniable truth is that this country runs every day because of the working class. Our brothers and sisters in the NALC work long days to ensure the postal service runs and that Americans receive their mail. One of the working class’ greatest tools is solidarity and it’s what has brought all of us here today, because an injury to one is an injury to all. In the face of an attack, the rank-and-file movement is ultimately what can prevent a disaster from taking place. Any union is only as strong as its rank and file.

As Harry Bridges, former President of the International Longshore and Warehouse Union said, “the most important word in the language of the working class is solidarity”. Brothers and sisters in the NALC, the class-oriented trade union movement is with you on this day and we join you in the struggle against privatization of USPS. Solidarity to the working class!

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The union mentions understaffing, faulty equipment, and underwhelming pay increases as inspiration for hundreds of PetSmart associates, groomers, trainers, and more to work to organize their workplaces. Workers at PetSmart in Midland, TX and Fairfield, CA have also filed for a union vote.

According to the PetSmart Union, “Ever since PetSmart was bought out by BC Partners in 2015, we’ve seen how the desire for profit has gotten in the way of our needs and the needs of the pets we care for. With a union, we’ll be able to forge a better PetSmart for workers and pets alike. We won’t let BC Partners’ focus on profits impact our standards and our love for what we do.”

\Image credit: PetSmart Union.

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The following excerpts are taken from an interview Josiah gave to LUEL:

Can you tell me a bit about IATSE Local 745? Who do you represent? What was the impetus around organizing your crafts?

IATSE Local 745 started in the 2000s with Minnesota and Iowa sports broadcasts. All the people were in the broadcast sports games. They banded and unionized. They won recognition and they have been operating since then. They unionized some others including Bally Sports North, other broadcasters, and third-party crews. Always broadcasters and TV, never in-house video board. In 2016, Timberwolves employees attempted to unionize in 2016. They started the first time with (wanting) a contract and began collecting cards. (Management and the workers) Were arguing with the courts over whether they were contractors. After a year or so they finally got a ruling that they were able to organize and (the workers) were not contractors.

The first (union vote) lost by 7 votes. A lot of people came and went, and a lot of propaganda was brought in. There was a raise (for workers) in 2016 so they would not do a union election, but they went to an election anyway. The 2016 raise was the first raise since 1997. The workers got a raise when they were brought on as W2s instead of contractors. We were collecting cards in 2022, they (management) knew it, and we had just won our fight at Minnesota United. They gave us a raise.

We waited until we got a contract with United to see how that went, and no more were raised until we had collected the majority of cards this year. Right when we were about to file, we got a rush email that people were getting raises. 2016, 2022, 2024, got raises in those years and we were collecting cards in those years. Other than 1997, every other raise was under the threat of unionization. They will be counted on December 10, 2024. The city council has been supportive of the company’s staying neutral.

Can you give some extra information on the National Labor Relations Bureau (NLRB) case that put workers classified as employees and not contractors?

They reclassified everyone as W2 instead of contractors. 1989 was when the Timberwolves started. The crew was contracted through a 3rd party, and eventually, the basketball team took up the contract.

LUEL notes that this case was Minnesota Timberwolves Basketball, LP, and International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees, Petitioner. Case 18-RC-169231, where a majority of the NLRB found that the team had not proven that the workers were contractors and ordered them to be classified as statutory employees under the law. This case was decided on August 18, 2017.

The interview continues:

Any particular challenges that have arisen in the campaign?

(I’m) not super familiar with how the earlier one (unionization effort) went, but between Timberwolves and Lynx season there is a new batch of employees that we have to explain why we are doing this and when and how we get raises. It is tough to keep educating new workers. 

I came from doing work from Gophers Sports at the University of Minnesota, (I) was making minimum wage there. It’s been a challenge to inform people why we are doing this and our tactic this time is to keep quiet about it and have one-on-one conversations, we waited to have a big group meeting until when the team found out about the unionization effort a month ago. The team has not had as much time to retain a union-busting lawyer and go after us this time compared to last time. We leaned on the support we got from the press, and city council, and were able to put a stop to the union-busting that went on last time. This is not (our) first rodeo, but we did it with Minnesota United FC and that was a new experience.

Besides union recognition, what are the workers at Target Center seeking to get from the bosses?

We want union raises, rather than raises anytime we are unionizing. Healthcare contributions, retirement contributions, minimum call times, and raises that are yearly. There are some people that drive a long way through traffic for 3/4 hours of work, so we want to guarantee more hours to people to make it sustainable. These are the main things. Also important are written safety guidelines. Safety has been OK there, but the build quality of some platforms is very poor. One worker, Charlie, works on the truck shows, he is familiar with Target Center and has had to make countless calls to have camera platforms properly built. There have been loose screws. Anyone one day could go into work and have a platform collapse resulting in injuries and damaged equipment. We want to be able to go to work and not worry about safety.

How can other workers support the organizing efforts of IATSE 745 and the Target Center workers?

Yes, so, at this point we are voting so the best thing you can do is encourage workers and let them know you have their back. This is the same we ask from anyone who wants to support us. Let us know if you support what we are doing. When we win, we will need support to secure that contract. It will not be a simple fight to get that first contract. It took us 15 months at Minnesota United, and we have heard the worst from other unions. We are worried about stalling tactics at the bargaining table.

In the meantime, we want to win the election and don’t want to get in the way of people who want to vote yes. I think it goes a long way when people stand up and support what we are doing. Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison jumped on the info session on Monday, November 18, 2024. That appearance goes away when people that you know or have heard of are like “I see and I support you”. We got the union-busting to stop for now so we don’t need to put pressure on the team.

Follow our Twitter at @MnufcUnion as it is where we post updates and once we get to the negotiation stage we will need people’s support. That helped us big time with Minnesota United. The fans helped a lot and the team does care about how their fans feel. The fact is that the Timberwolves organization can afford to pay us better. The Timberwolves are worth over 3 billion dollars, Lynx are worth over 50 million dollars. With ticket sales, they can definitely pay us more. We are part of the reason people want to be at games so pay us a living wage.

LUEL notes that the majority owner of the Minnesota Timberwolves and the owner of the Minnesota Lynx, Glen Taylor, is called the richest man in Minnesota and is worth 2.8 billion dollars per Wikipedia. As a typical capitalist and boss, Mr. Glen would rather spend thousands on anti-union efforts than pay his workers a fair, living wage.

LUEL applauds the efforts of IATSE Local 745 and the workers in the Minnesota Timberwolves and Lynx association in their efforts to secure a union and a fair contract. The capitalists, the bosses, and their businesses have been racking in record profits at a time when inflation has raised the cost of living for workers. LUEL calls on the Timberwolves and Lynx organizations to recognize the union and give the workers a fair contract, and safe working conditions for their workers. We will be watching the vote and situation as it unfolds. IATSE Local 745’s website can be found at https://www.iatse745.com, and their Twitter is @MnufcUnion.

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