Workers’ Rights

Everyone in Minneapolis has a right to dignity, living wages and a safe workplace. I will continue to support workers wherever they are organizing in Minneapolis.

In my first term, I’ve fought for working people in Minneapolis by:

• Authoring a unanimous Resolution of Support for Striking Educators and walking the picket line with our educators. 

• Authoring a unanimous Resolution of Support for Starbucks workers and urging Starbucks to agree to non-interference principles, and walking the picket line with striking Starbucks workers. 

• Attending numerous strikes and labor actions by workers in Ward 2, including nurses at M Health–Fairview and U of M Teamsters.

• Co-authoring a Resolution which increased the amount of paid parental leave for all 4,000 City of Minneapolis employees

• Rallied with Delta workers and led Council to pass a resolution standing in solidarity with Delta workers organizing a union. 

• Was the lead author on the Fair Drives Safe Rides policy, protecting minimum compensation and workers’ rights for Uber and Lyft drivers. Worked with drivers, city staff, and national experts to craft one of the strongest policies in the country. 

This term, I will:

• Fully fund co-enforcement programs to protect workers from dangerous working conditions and wage theft.

• Regulate restaurant surcharges and service fees to create transparency for restaurant workers and customers.

• Create stability and consistency in workers' lives with an ordinance to require fair scheduling, one day off in seven and the right to refuse close/opens.