Today, December 18, 23 Indian workers who are fighting to enforce human trafficking laws in this country will begin a fast in the Cass County jail, where they are being held by Immigration and Customs Enforcement officials. They will be joined by Congressman Keith Ellison and 29 religious leaders and clergy, who will demand that ICE release these workers and that the DOJ prosecute the traffickers. Join Congressman Ellison at a press conference at 2:30 today. Background on the issue and what you can do after the jump…

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This Saturday, AFSCME lab workers at the Red Cross will march to protect our own health care. These workers do good works in our community, processing all the blood donated to the red cross. They deserve good health care. Workers have charged the American Red Cross with unfair labor practices and authorized a Unfair Labor Practices strike. Join us Saturday at 172 Robert Street (on the corner of Robert and Plato) at 11 a.m. to demand a fair contract!

Kim Bobo, the founder and Director of Interfaith Worker Justice, the national organization with which WIN is affiliated, will be in the Twin Cities on January 21!

At 7 p.m. on the 21st, Kim will read from her new book, Wage Theft In America: Why Millions of Workers Are Not Getting Paid and What We Can Do About It. [Read more →]