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Only a handful of active Labor newspapers remain in the United States and Minnesota is fortunate to be home to three of them. For the latest local labor news, check out:

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Know Your Voting Rights

15 Sep, 2016

Important elections are coming this fall. In addition to electing the next president of the United States, we will be voting for members of Congress, and state and local leaders.

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What It Means To Be an American

02 Sep, 2016

One night at his UPS job, Tefere Gebre's co-worker handed him some union material.

“He told me that I’d get health care and vacation and other benefits by filling it out. I said, ‘Are you serious?’ I thought, ‘Hmm. Everyone should have that.’”

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Today’s Photo ID Laws Are Yesterday’s Beans in a Jar

24 Aug, 2016

Growing up in rural Kentucky, Augusta Thomas witnessed the extreme measures elected officials would take to prevent African-American men from voting.

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On the 51st Anniversary of the Voting Rights Act, Now Is the Time to Restore It to Its Full Power

23 Aug, 2016

Anniversaries can be celebratory or somber. Today we celebrate the 51st anniversary of the Voting Rights Act of 1965, and it is the kind of anniversary in which we hail the success of the act, while also acknowledging the deficiencies in our democracy that make the full act necessary.

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Statement by AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka on the death of police officers in Dallas

08 Jul, 2016

"We mourn the loss of the officers who were shot in the line of duty in Dallas, protecting the right to protest peacefully. Our hearts go out to the victims’ families, the city of Dallas, and the nation.

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Statement on the death of Philando Castile

07 Jul, 2016

Minnesota AFL-CIO President Bill McCarthy issued the following statement regarding the shooting death of Philando Castile:

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Statement by AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka on the death of police officers in Dallas

Statement on the death of Philando Castile