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The Minneapolis Stripper Awards Gala drew an excited crowd to the Green Room in Uptown on March 3rd. And in between the pole performances and acceptance speeches, the organizers behind the Guild made sure the audience understood what they were fig...

After 15 months of negotiating, the 230 workers at the 7 Tein Cities music venues owned by First Avenue Productions announced in February that they finally have a contract. Workers cited raises, more predictable scheduling, and protections for LGB...

In the first 10 days of his second term, President Trump has put out an unprecedented number of executive orders, many of them unclear and/or illegal in their scope. These include firings, spending freezes, and shuttering entire offices and progra...

Minneapolis is poised to establish a powerful new tool for improving labor standards in the city, and two Confluence grantees, as well as many of our labor union partners, are calling for public support this week to help move the proposal over the...

August and September brought two Workers Confluence events, both of which explored critical intersections for the labor movement. On August 28th, Confluence partnered with the Minnesota AFL-CIO and their Racial and Economic Justice Committee to ho...

This annual report, Confluence’s first, shares highlights from 2023 as well as our brief history so far and a bit about where we are headed next. Some highlights: Read the complete report here.

From August 12th to 14th UNITE HERE!’s International Union, which represents restaurant and hospitality workers, brought leaders from all over the country to Minneapolis to dig in on union business and organizing strategies. As part of the visit, ...

Ann Kim and Vestalia Management Restaurant Group may have closed Kim’s Uptown Restaurant in retaliation for workers organizing. This leaves workers, the community, and legal experts asking serious questions. On June 27th, workers at Kim̵...

“The rest of the country is about to find out what working Minnesotans have known for years – Tim Walz is one of us who fights for working people like us every single day.”  – Bernie Bernham, President of Minnesota AFL-CIO Minnesota was...