Temporary workers from two temporary agencies working at Lettieri’s, a Shakopee factory owned by Hot Stuff Foods Inc., organized and won an important victory on Wednesday April 8th.

Workers at Hot Stuff Foods approached Workers Interfaith Network (WIN) in early March of this year reporting that for years they had experienced discrimination, humilliation and a lack of respect from supervisors. Workers complained of little to no wage increases, that most workers had no vacation or paid holidays, and that workers would often arrive to the plant on time and be forced to wait for up to two hours for broken machines to be fixed without being paid for their time.   [Read more →]

This May 1, WIN invites you to join us as we make May Day our Labor Day!

First Annual May Day Picnic

Friday May 1

11:30 a.m.-1 p.m.

Christ Lutheran Church on Capitol Hill

105 University Ave. W. Saint Paul, MN

Eat! Celebrate! Act! Join us as we celebrate our work and take action that calls on the Governor and legislative leaders to pass a budget that sustains the important work of public employees and hospital workers in our communities!

Over two weekends in March, WIN congregational leaders brought 162 people together to learn about the organization’s work and to take action on two critical campaigns: a campaign in solidarity with public employees and a campaign in solidarity with Twin Cities hospital workers.

The organizing began in January, when 20 congregational leaders gathered to organize an action designed to get more people of faith involved in WIN’s work. In February, 80 people gathered at Holy Trinity Lutheran Church in Minneapolis, learned more about these two campaigns, and committed themselves to hosting house parties and gatherings to spread the word. [Read more →]