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Tech workers at the Washington Post voted overwhelmingly to unionize in May. They are among thousands of media workers who have joined the NewsGuild since 2020. Photo: NewsGuild-CWA

Above photo: Tech workers at the Washington Post voted overwhelmingly to unionize in May. NewsGuild-CWA.

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The news industry has undergone a sea-change in the last two decades. Print readership of newspapers has declined sharply, while their digital readership

The five-day strike was the first ever by Teamsters at the University of Minnesota. Photo: Brad Sigal, Sigal Photos

“This is what happens when people stick together,” said Steve Tesfagiorgis, a shop steward and strike captain for Teamsters Local 320 and a senior custodian on the Minneapolis campus. “Our members are from different places and speak many different languages, and we all worked together and won.”

May Day actions in the US called by May Day Strong (MDS), a coalition of left led union such as the Chicago teacher's union (CTU) and union locals in Minneapolis, California and elsewhere, took place throughout the country under the slogan, “No Work, No School, No Shopping” to protest Trump's domestic and international policies. Two articles - on the nationawide picture and a focus on Minneapolis.