BY staff | Minneapolis, MN | 8/28/21
On Thursday, August 26, window cleaners in Minneapolis reached a tentative agreement with their employers and ended their open-ended strike after ten days on the picket lines.
BY staff | Minneapolis, MN | 8/22/21
On August 20, the strike continued for around 50 SEIU Local 26 union members who clean the majority of the tall buildings in downtown Minneapolis and Saint Paul.
BY staff | Minneapolis, MN | 8/18/21
On August 17 at 7 a.m. around 50 high rise window cleaners represented by the Service Employees International Union (SEIU) Local 26 in Minneapolis began a strike.
BY staff | Minneapolis, MN | 2/19/16
Hundreds of workers, members of SEIU Local 26, rallied Feb. 17, as janitors walked off the job in a 24-hour unfair labor practices strike.
BY staff | Minneaoplis, MN | 1/21/11
On Jan. 20, dozens of Latino immigrants who were among the hundreds fired from Chipotle Mexican Grill throughout Minnesota last month protested at a downtown Minneapolis Chipotle.
BY Brad Sigal | Minneapolis, MN | 4/27/10
Minneapolis, MN - On April 26, 100 supporters of immigrant rights gathered at an emergency protest in downtown Minneapolis. They came together to voice outrage at the new anti-immigrant law passed in Arizona.
BY Brad Sigal | Minneapolis, MN | 2/10/10
On Saturday, Feb. 6, about 40 people gathered at the Minneapolis Labor Center to train for civil disobedience in support of the janitors of SEIU Local 26.
BY Brad Sigal | Minneapolis, MN | 2/02/10
On Jan. 30, hundreds of janitors, mostly Latino and East African immigrants, held a spirited meeting at the Minneapolis Labor Center and voted nearly unanimously to authorize a strike.
BY Brad Sigal | Twin Cities, MN | 1/17/07
On Jan. 13, hundreds of janitors, the majority Latino and Somali immigrants, held a spirited meeting at the Minneapolis Labor Center and voted nearly unanimously to authorize a strike.
