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  • 23,000 UMN Workers Collective Bargaining Rights Hinge On PELRA Reform

    23,000 UMN Workers Collective Bargaining Rights Hinge On PELRA Reform

    A version of this article was originally published in the Nokomis Messenger. As an undergraduate student on the University of Wisconsin-Madison campus in 2011 I, like many Wisconsin emigres, experienced significant upheaval around Wisconsin Act 10. Under the guise of a “Budget Repair Bill”, Act 10 is primarily known for removing collective bargaining rights of…

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  • The Democratic Party is a Capitalist Party

    The Democratic Party is a Capitalist Party

    “[The] Working Class doesn’t have its own political party”.  This phrase opened up Professor August Nimtz Jr.’s intriguing presentation to UMN YDSA and Twin Cities CDSA members on June 15 at the University of Minnesota’s (UMN) Folwell Hall. 

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  • Twin Cities DSA Little Red Letter #103: DSA in Action, Cub Foods Strike Averted, State Power Struggles and More!

    Twin Cities DSA Little Red Letter #103: DSA in Action, Cub Foods Strike Averted, State Power Struggles and More!

    Over the last few editions we have noted current events near and far as we continue to watch and participate in the struggle for a better world. That fight begins with organization, and today we look at what DSA is doing to build and sustain the fight.

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  • YDSA and the Teamsters Fight at the University of Minnesota

    YDSA and the Teamsters Fight at the University of Minnesota

    YDSA played purely a support role for the Teamsters Local 320. Being a studentorganization, our primary aim was to educate students about the working conditions at theuniversity, and to build up support for the union among the student body. With this goal in mind,we went about tabling outside of dorm cafeterias, lit-dropping pro-Teamsters literature inuniversity…

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