Governor Walz includes MinnesotaCare Public Option in State Budget Proposal

January 23, 2023
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“Across race, income, and zip code, our health and wellbeing is tied together. Everyone deserves access to quality, affordable healthcare,” said Elianne Farhat, Executive Director of TakeAction Minnesota. “We applaud Governor Walz’s action to establish a MinnesotaCare Public Option, a commonsense proposal to expand healthcare access and improve people’s lives. With proposals from the Governor, House, and Senate, we look forward to working with the Legislature to get a MinnesotaCare Public Option passed this session that includes eligibility for undocumented Minnesotans.” 

TakeAction Minnesota Statement on Paid Sick Time in Governor’s One Minnesota Budget 

January 20, 2023
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‘Voters delivered a mandate for action in the November election. After more than seven years of community and worker organizing, passing a statewide paid sick day policy is long overdue. We are excited about the support and enthusiasm in the community and at the Capitol for passing a strong bill, which is what Minnesotans deserve. None of us should be put in a position to compromise our own, or our loved one’s health for a paycheck,’ said TakeAction Campaigns Director Sabrina Mauritz.  

Reflecting + building: anything is possible when we show up together.

December 20, 2022
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As we reflect on the last year, what stands out most are the moments we held each other in solidarity, in heartbreak, and in victory. Across the state, and the nation, our basic rights were put up for debate. And through it all, we stood together on the picket line, in protest, and at the ballot box.  Give now, and together, we can rein in corporate greed, make our communities safer, win paid time to care for ourselves and our loved ones, push for major investments in our schools and homes, pass policies that support expanded access to affordable medicine, and so much more.

Amazon workers rally at Shakopee facility for worker safety, climate justice

December 15, 2022
Amazon workers and community members rally, holding signs and a banner that reads "Workers Rising for our Future." Khali Jama speaks into a microphone.

“What was special about this rally was introducing an additional line of corporate campaigning around the climate crisis,” TakeAction Senior Climate Organizer Jesse Meisenhelter said. “Amazon is in a moment where it’s expanding across our state, and it’s becoming a larger and larger decision maker — not just in what the quality of work looks like in Minnesota but also quality of life. And with that expansion comes responsibility to take meaningful action.”

Amazon workers rally outside Shakopee warehouse for better pay, safer work

December 8, 2022
A group of Amazon workers and community members rally with signs, holding a banner that reads, "Workers Rising for our Future."

Warehouse workers, union leaders and activists rallied outside Amazon’s fulfillment center in Shakopee on Thursday to call for better wages, safer working conditions and an end to employee surveillance.

Amazon workers have long complained of grueling, surveillance-enforced productivity quotas that they say lead to high rates of workplace injuries.

“The safety here is horrible. You have to faint or die to get a day off,” said Khali Jama, 40, who’s worked at the warehouse for about a year.