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Are you interested in organizing a union at your workplace? This is the place to start. Send us your contact information via this secure form and an organizer will contact you about taking the first step.

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In moments of chaos the labor movement can provide the infrastructure and protection all of us need to protest against the awfulness of an anti-worker, anti-community, and anti-immigrants administration. To us, this looks like organizing labor peace keepers from unions across the metro to keep our communities safe while they protest, picket, and march for the future we all deserve.

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Federal unions—and all unions—are under attack.

In March, the Trump administration took its most blatantly anti-worker, anti-union action yet: an executive order stripping the right to organize from hundreds of thousands of federal workers at more than 30 agencies.  

Now representatives in Congress have introduced the bipartisan Protect America’s Workforce Act, which would overturn Trump’s executive order.

We are asking every single American who cares about the fundamental freedom of all workers to join a union to call their member of Congress right now.

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2025 Legislative Report

The Minnesota AFL-CIO, the state’s federation of more than 1,000 local unions who represent over 300,000 working people, released its 2025 Legislative report. The report analyzes how state lawmakers voted on key labor priorities during the 2025 session.

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Court dismisses challenge to captive audience meeting ban

Minnesota AFL-CIO President Benrie Burnham made the following statement on Wednesday’s ruling by the Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit dismissing a challenge to Minnesota’s 2023
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Statement on Minneapolis school shooting

Minnesota AFL-CIO President Bernie Burnham made the following statement on today’s school shooting in Minneapolis:

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