Willmar 8 strike headquarters

Willmar 8 strike headquarters

Willmar 8 strike headquarters, February 21, 1979. Photograph by the St. Paul Dispatch-Pioneer Press .

Sawmill crew at Marine Mills

Sawmill crew at Marine Mills

Crew of the Walker, Judd & Veazie sawmill at Marine Mills (Marine on St. Croix), ca. 1885. Photograph by John Runk.

Voyageur interpreters at Snake River Fur Post

Voyageur interpreters at Snake River Fur Post

Voyageur interpreters at Snake River Fur Post (called North West Fur Post at the time), 1983.

Irene Paull, Joe Paszak, and unidentified person

Irene Paull, Joe Paszak, and unidentified person

Irene Paull, Joe Paszak, and an unidentified person, 1937.

Construction site of an American Beet Sugar Company factory

Construction site of an American Beet Sugar Company factory

The construction crew at the new American Beet Sugar Company factory in East Grand Forks, 1926. From the Red River Valley Sugarbeet Growers Association records, 1919–1994, Northwest Minnesota Historical Center, Moorhead. Used with the permission of Northwest Minnesota Historical Center.

American Crystal Sugar Company

The American Crystal Sugar Company evolved out of its predecessor, the American Beet Sugar Company, in 1934 to operate factories in Minnesota, Iowa, and Colorado. After the Red River Valley Sugarbeet Growers Association bought it in 1973, American Crystal moved its headquarters to Moorhead, Minnesota, and became the first farmer-owned sugar beet cooperative in the United States.

MN90: Union Victory in Minneapolis

Minneapolis was a notorious anti-union town in the early 1900s. But a series of truckers’ strikes in 1934 turned the city into one of the most powerful union cities in the United States. MN90 producer Marisa Helms reports that the strikes were part of a wave of union actions across the country and spurred passage of the 1935 Wagner Act.

Women in Minneapolis History: Nellie Stone Johnson

Nellie Stone Johnson was a labor organizer, activist, and the first Black elected official in Minneapolis. Hear what she has to say about her work in this video.

Women in Minneapolis History: Eva McDonald Valesh

Eva McDonald Valesh was a journalist and labor rights activist in late 1880s Minneapolis. Hear what she has to say about her work in this video.

Minneapolis Flour Mill Strike, 1903

In September 1903, workers in the Minneapolis flour milling industry coordinated a strike that halted production in fourteen different mills. The striking workers fought for higher wages and an eight-hour day. Though their effort failed, it marked a turning point in the city’s labor history by spurring mill owners and other business leaders to limit unions through the Citizens Alliance, an anti-worker organization.

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