The union representing 1,400 custodial, food service and maintenance workers across the University of Minnesota's five campuses says it has filed an unfair labor practice charge against the school.

Teamsters Local 320 organizers allege the university is using intimidation tactics and is “trying to break the solidarity of the union movement.” The workers are on strike after rejecting the school's final contract offer earlier this week.

“It's becoming very, very apparent to anybody who's watching how important the work is that we do at the University of Minnesota, and how our absence is causing major operational problems for the university,” lead union negotiator Jackson Kerr said at a press conference Thursday afternoon. “We want to be very clear: We want to come back to work on the terms

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