Support meatpacking workers in Greater Minnesota

Support Meatpacking Workers in Greater Minnesota by donating to the Greater Minnesota Worker Center As we have all heard, meatpacking plants are turning into ground zero for the COVID-19 pandemic.…

Support Meatpacking Workers in Greater Minnesota by donating to the Greater Minnesota Worker Center

As we have all heard, meatpacking plants are turning into ground zero for the COVID-19 pandemic. Fortunately, workers are fighting back. Over recent days workers at Pilgrim’s Pride Facility in Cold Spring, MN walked off the job over safety concerns as many workers have tested positive for the virus. The Greater Minnesota Worker Center has been on the front-lines, with our lone staff-person risking his own health supporting the walkout with over 100 workers earlier this week and the ongoing response work of keeping workers and their families safe during this time.

https://www.startribune.com/pilgrim-s-pride-workers-protest-company-s-covid-19-policies/570022352

With economic challenges facing non-profit organizations in this COVID-19 pandemic, this worker center, the only of its kind in Greater Minnesota, needs help to continuing supporting these worker.  The critical organizing we are supporting notwithstanding, internal and external challenges have left us in very real danger of having to close our doors in the coming months.

We are asking for your financial support for the Greater Minnesota Worker Center as our board, staff, and allies work to craft a sustainable long-term strategic plan to complement the COVID-19 emergency safety organizing, pay our staff, and keep our office open. Please donate an amount that feels affordable and meaningful to you. Thank you for your support for this movement.

Sincerely,

The Greater Minnesota Worker Center Board of Directors

Share:

More Posts

Job Opportunity Bilingual Organizer

Job Title: Greater Minnesota Worker Center Organizer (Spanish Speaking) Hiring Organization: Greater Minnesota Worker Center https://www.mygmwc.org/ Hours: 40+.  Must be available for occasional nights and weekend work. Rate of

GMWC Selected for Wellspring Fund Grant!

Headwaters Foundation for Justice has just announced: “The Wellspring Fund, stewarded by a group of 7 community grantmakers, moved over $1.4 million to ecosystem-strengthening organizing throughout Minnesota. With

East-African-Latino Worker Solidarity

On December 2, Saturday, the Greater Minnesota Worker Center and Fei y Justicia proudly joined forces in St. Cloud for a groundbreaking event that brought together two

Pandemic, Packinghouses & Power

Over the last few weeks we have seen the how Covid19, or coronavirus, has had a remarkable effect on packing houses across the country. Smithfield Foods in

Send Us A Message