Protecting Our Rights

COUNCILMEMBER CUNNINGHAM HAS BEEN FIGHTING FOR THE RIGHTS OF WORKERS, RENTERS, CHILDREN AND FAMILIES.

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First Term (2018 - Current)

Big Idea

Together, we made significant progress fighting for the rights of workers, renters, children and families.

Accomplishments

  • Thousands of workers in the service industry now have their wages protected due to CM Cunningham’s work on the Wage Theft Ordinance.

  • Thousands of freelance workers now have their rights and wages protected due to CM Cunningham’s work on the Freelance Worker Protections Ordinance.

  • For the past decade, the Northside has fallen prey to out of state landlords who do not take care of their rental properties, with tenants, their families and neighbors all suffering the consequences. CM Cunningham wrote the Tenant Relocation Assistance ordinance to hold absent landlords accountable by requiring them to pay for their tenant to find new housing.

  • CM Cunningham championed permanent funding for the Office of Immigrant & Refugee Affairs, keeping thousands of families together every year through access to critical legal resources.

  • Thousands of Minneapolis LGBTQ youth are now protected due to CM Cunningham’s work on the Minneapolis conversion therapy ban.

Next Term (2022 - 2024)

Big Idea

CM Cunningham will continue to protect the rights of our most vulnerable neighbors by ensuring they are included in decisions that impact Minneapolis families, workers, renters and children.