MINNESOTA – More than 1,400 workers at four University of Minnesota campuses are set to go back to work.
Teamsters Local 320 and the university system wrote in a statement obtained by Flag Family News they have put their differences aside and come to a resolution to support the greater good of students, faculty and staff, farmers and Minnesotans.
The demonstration put the Farm Aid music festival at the home of the Golden Gophers, Huntington Bank Stadium, in jeopardy. The event set for this weekend is headlined by founders Willie Nelson, Neil Young and John Mellencamp.
The Farm Labor Movement originated in Minnesota and the Dakotas with a proud history that is recognized to this very day,” the U of M and Teamsters said in a press release, “The University of Minnesota began as an agricultural school and remains a vital part of Minnesota agriculture.”
According to a spokesperson for the University of Minnesota system, not all of the 40 Teamster-represented employees who work in facilities, dining services and farm-animal attendants joined picket lines.
This all comes two months after University of Minnesota Board of Regents approved tuition hikes and cuts to programs at all campuses because of $42 million in federal research funding cuts and “uncertain state funding.”
