Daily Breakdown

Thursday, September 4, 2025

September 04, 2025

Good morning,

It’s Thursday, which means you are almost done with your first week of school. Pretty hectic, huh? A lot has happened in the past couple days, including an internal Teamsters vote, protests and more. If I was a betting man I’d put big money on you finding these stories pretty informative.

I won’t keep you, you crazy cat. Get that reading in, yeah?

Godspeed,

Sam Hill | Managing Editor | [email protected] 

Top Story

Teamsters Local 320 protests the University of Minnesota during the Homecoming Parade, Sept. 30, 2022. Photo courtesy of Jackson Kerr.

Teamsters likely to turn down final UMN offer

by Nicolas Scibelli and Tyler Church | Published September 3, 2025

The University of Minnesota’s Teamsters Local 320, a Minneapolis workers’ union chapter, announced Wednesday morning in a statement to the Minnesota Daily that the chapter anticipates voting down the University’s final offer, calling it an insult to the union.

The Teamsters announced in early August they filed an intent to strike with the University as labor bargaining negotiations stagnated. While votes on the University’s offer continue on the Duluth and Crookston campuses, the Teamsters said the offer will be voted down and the final ballot count initiated on Friday.

The strike was initially intended to begin August 20, but Teamsters extended negotiations to conduct a vote on the University’s offer given to the Union on August 19, according to WDIO news.

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News

Protests interrupt a year-long effort to secure additional defense dollars at the University

By Anshu Patel | Though the launch of the National Security Research Institute was quietly postponed in June, University efforts are underway to secure Department of Defense funding at-scale.

City

Shooting at Water Wave TV on Como Avenue

By Alexis Letang and Sam Hill | At 5:42 p.m., 911 operators received a call about a shooting near Come Avenue and 15th Avenue SE, according to the Minneapolis 911 and Emergency Communications Center Incidents Dashboard.