{"id":61736,"date":"2025-01-23T14:42:19","date_gmt":"2025-01-23T20:42:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.mcknight.org\/?p=61736"},"modified":"2025-08-11T11:02:14","modified_gmt":"2025-08-11T16:02:14","slug":"building-worker-justice-ecosystem","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.mcknight.org\/amh\/news-ideas\/building-worker-justice-ecosystem\/","title":{"rendered":"Building A Worker Justice Ecosystem in Minnesota"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Building a Worker Justice Ecosystem in Minnesota<\/h1>\n

When workers are treated justly, they can build wealth and invest back into their communities\u2013achieving their aspirations, enriching our social fabric, and strengthening local economies<\/span><\/h3>\n\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\n\t
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“When you center voices, and workers are empowered, it creates opportunities for people to contribute to their communities, participate in local economies, create vibrant places and safe infrastructure for everyone. It\u2019s not just about the impact on workers, there is a ripple effect.”<\/h2>\n

- <\/i>SARAH HERNANDEZ, McKNIGHT FOUNDATION<\/h5>\n\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n
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Across the state, Minnesota workers are coming together to build power, gain more equitable working conditions, and advance a more inclusive, resilient economy where employee morale is high, turnover is low, and every worker can count on a safe job and a family-sustaining paycheck. When workers are treated justly, they can build wealth and invest back into their communities\u2013achieving their aspirations, enriching our social fabric, and strengthening local economies.<\/span><\/p>\n

These workers are building power by learning their rights and expanding their capacity to fight for them. Some are joining unions, and others are gaining collective momentum through <\/span>worker centers<\/span> and community-led organizations. Many of these groups, ranging from formal 501(c)3 nonprofits to grassroots cooperatives, are collaborating and learning from each other in real-time, even as they respond to the specific needs of the communities they are led by and serve.<\/span><\/p>\n

For more than 17 years, the worker-led nonprofit <\/span>Centro De Trabajadores Unidos En La Lucha (CTUL)<\/span><\/a> has been fighting to protect and expand the rights of non-union workers in the Twin Cities area. In October of 2024, CTUL celebrated a milestone for the construction industry in Minnesota and beyond by announcing that <\/span>two nonprofit developers<\/span><\/a> have joined their <\/span>Building Dignity and Respect (BDR) program.<\/span><\/a>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n

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