Teamsters workers picket in Minneapolis at the University of Minnesota. Albert Curtis, second from the right, has worked in facilities management for 37 years and said he’s striking to support younger workers having a sustainable future. Bethel Tsegaye, second from left, said they’re fighting for living wages. (Eleanor Hildebrandt)
7:06 a.m. – The picket lines started early outside Centennial and Pioneer halls on the University of Minnesota campus in Minneapolis, with union members arriving at 6 a.m. Wednesday. Teamsters members are joined by American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees, who are also currently negotiating contracts with the university.
7:46 p.m. Tuesday – As many as 200 people carried signs and chanted Tuesday night at the University of Minnesota’s Twin Cities campus. Picketers marched up and down Harvard Street between the university medical center and multiple student residence halls starting at 7 p.m., just as rain began to fall.
They chanted that workers were understaffed, underpaid and working under an unfair contract. The strike will affect about 900 workers on the campus.
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