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As the new year begins, Minnesotans will see some changes to state law, ranging from free menstrual products for public or charter school students to guaranteed sick time for almost all workers. The new laws take effect on Jan. 1, 2024, and the summaries come courtesy of the nonpartisan Minnesota House Public Information Services. Longer […]

Minnesota passed Senate File No 3035 amend Packinghouse Workers Bill of Rights, Warehouse Distribution Worker Safety law. Creates safety standards poultry and meat packing employees including pandemic precautions. Restricts warehouse employee quotas. Workers compensation.

On May 24, 2023, Governor Tim Walz signed Senate File No. 3035, which, among other provisions, amends the Packinghouse Workers Bill of Rights (Minn. Stat. § 179.86), creates new...

Three major US poultry producers will pay over $84 million dollars to settle an antitrust suit filed by the Department of Justice, Monday.

>> thanks very much. joining me now victoria defrancesco soto at university of texas austin and an msnbc political analyst, and todd schulte, president of forward u.s., business and tech leaders committed to meaningful criminal justice reform. victoria, let me start with you. at the first level, to me, whats striking here is a, the trump properties havent been raided. b, the employers in mississippi apparently face no sanction. and c, when trump is acting as a person, he doesnt view these peop...

At the first level, to me, whats striking here is a, the trump properties havent been raided. b, the employers in mississippi apparently face no sanction. and c, when trump is acting as a person, he doesnt view these people as a threat at all. >> its econ 101, chris, in terms folks come here to the united states to work, migrants come here, because there is a demand, because there is your trump organizations. there is your organizations in mississippi that need poultry processing workers. so the...