Member Organizations

Communication Workers State Council

In 2012, CWA and TakeAction Minnesota launched an innovative community-labor partnership based on the idea that we’re stronger together, resulting in historic victories on Election Day and enduring capacity for progressive change.

In 2013, our partnership continues. Learn more here.

CURE

CURE’s mission is to protect and restore resilient rural landscapes by harnessing the power of citizens who care about them. We do this because we believe that robust human communities can only be sustained by healthy ecosystems, and robust natural environments can only be regained through vigorous stewardship.

Education Minnesota

Education Minnesota is the leading advocate for public education in Minnesota. Members work in pre-K-12 schools and higher education institutions statewide – getting involved with issues that affect educators and their students, mentoring new teachers, and offering professional development.

Hmong Americans for Justice

Hmong Americans for Justice (HAJ) is a nonprofit newly founded in 2015 by Hmong American organizers. The mission is to secure economic, social and educational equity for Hmong Americans.

IUE-CWA

As the Industrial Division of CWA, IUE-CWA represents a force of 150,000 active and retired men and women united collectively to seek dignity on the job and a secure future for workers and their families. They focus on organizing the unorganized, unionizing the organized, political and legislative efforts, community involvement, coalition building, and social action.

Land Stewardship Project

The Land Stewardship Project is a grassroots membership organization made up of farmers, rural residents, and urban allies that was founded to promote stewardship for farmland, sustainable agriculture, and sustainable communities.

Minneapolis Federation of Teachers

As a union of teachers, paraprofessionals, and school related personnel, the Minneapolis Federation of Teachers works to enhance the work environment for their members and give them a voice in the decisions that affect them.

Minnesota Association for Justice

The Minnesota Association for Justice is comprised of a network of attorneys, paralegals, and students that are dedicated to justice for all. Through seminars, conventions, and regular publications they remained informed on the issues that are pressing to our state and they impact legislation through their lobbying efforts.

Minnesota Coalition for the Homeless

Minnesota Coalition for the Homeless aims to generate policies, community support, and local resources for housing and services to end homelessness in Minnesota. Member organizations shape the legislative priorities, training opportunities, and community education efforts as they work to ensure safe, decent, and affordable housing for everybody in our state.

MN Nurses Association

The Minnesota Nurses Association is a union of professional nurses with unrestricted RN membership working to advance the professional, economic, and general well-being of nurses and to promote the health and well-being of the public.

MN350

MN350’s mission is to inspire Minnesotans to rise to the challenge of the climate crisis: to create a new sense of urgency and possibility for our planet. MN350 knits many efforts together in a powerful and unified call to action—a call that is global, scientific, and relational.

OutFront Minnesota

OutFront Minnesota is a leader in making our state a place where GLBT Minnesotans have the freedom, power, and confidence to make the best choices for their own lives. They deliver programs and services to the GLBT and allied community centered around public policy, anti-violence, education and training, and the law.

PAVSA

PAVSA is dedicated to the elimination of sexual violence in Southern St. Louis County through supporting victims, educating the community, and advocating for change. Our core values include free and accessible services that are victim-centered and victim-driven. We are committed to providing support services for victims of sexual violence, educating and building awareness in the community and advocating for social change in the many systems that interact with victims following a sexual assault.

Saint Paul Federation of Educators

The Saint Paul Federation of Educators (SPFE) represents 3,600 teachers, Educational Assistants and School and Community Service Professionals in Saint Paul Public Schools. SPFE members work with parents and the community to fight for the public schools students in St. Paul deserve.

Service Employees International Union (SEIU) Healthcare

SEIU Healthcare brings together workers from across the health care sector to improve the lives of the union members and for all those they provide service to. They are leading advocates for affordable healthcare for all, with a special emphasis on dismantling enduring systemic healthcare inequalities.

Service Employees International Union (SEIU) Local 26

SEIU Local 26 is Minnesota’s Property Services Union, uniting more than 5,000 janitors, security officers, and window cleaners in the Twin Cities metropolitan area. SEIU unites more than 225,000 property services workers nationally, and over 1.9 million including workers in healthcare and the public sector.

Service Employees International Union (SEIU) Local 284

SEIU Local 284 represents people who work as school bus drivers, custodians, child care workers, paraprofessionals, clerical employees, and other school support staff on issues such as child care, education funding, health care, pensions, and student transportation.