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Join the Union Peacekeepers!

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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Mobile Billboard Campaign Highlighting Cost of Mass Deportations for Minnesota Taxpayers

The Minnesota AFL-CIO’s mobile billboard campaign drove through St. Paul to warn residents how working people across the state could foot the bill for President Trump’s mass deportation plan.

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Raid on Congresswoman Omar a dangerous escalation

Minnesota AFL-CIO President Bernie Burnham made the following statement in response to news that Homeland Security agents raided Minnesota Congresswoman Ilhan Omar's Washington, D.C. residence:

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WE ARE MINNESOTA WE PROTECT OUR NEIGHBORS
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Response to President Trump’s threats against Somali Americans

Minnesota AFL-CIO President Benrie Burnham made the following statement in response to President Trump’s inflammatory social media post advocating violence against Minnesota’s Somali Americans:

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