Rebecca Pera
LATEST ARTICLES BY Rebecca Pera
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Labor
Lunch ladies strike after Hastings, Minn., school board stonewalls contract negotiations
March 6, 2023Superintendent gets $35,000 raise; food service workers offered 35 cents.
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Politics
Etta Furlow’s struggle for democracy, justice, and socialism
February 28, 2023Known in her Minneapolis community as “Queen Mother,” this fighting Black leader was a warrior for women and the working class.
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Politics
Court decision favoring abusers’ gun access is ‘death sentence for women and families’
February 7, 2023In Louisiana, Texas, and Mississippi, an abusive man's unfettered access to guns is more valuable than the lives of women, gender non-conforming people, and children.
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Labor
Minnesota mental health workers strike: ‘Those who provide care have no support’
October 17, 2022SEIU-represented health workers struck after bosses refused to negotiate a first contract.
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Labor
Starbucks workers promote sip-ins, other tactics to dramatize struggle
September 2, 2022Workers and customers unite to put pressure on Starbucks with nationwide “Sip-Ins”.
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Labor
Minnesota nurse kicked in abdomen in 31st week of pregnancy
August 29, 2022Nurses authorize a strike and picket Hennepin Healthcare demanding improvements in worker safety and patient care.
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Labor
Minneapolis Starbucks workers send warning with two-day strike: Negotiate a contract now
August 5, 2022Workers here won their union election months ago, but management is dragging its feet when it comes to negotiating a contract.
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