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Walz budget invests in working families’ priorities

Minnesota AFL-CIO President Bill McCarthy issued the following statement on Governor Tim Walz’s proposed state budget:

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Union density increase shows working Minnesotans demand a voice

Minnesota AFL-CIO President Bill McCarthy issued the following statement on today’s US Bureau of Labor Statistics Report showing Minnesota’s union membership rate increased from 13.7% (364,000) of the workforce in 2019 to 15.8% (398,00

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Minnesota AFL-CIO Announces 2021 Legislative Priorities

The Minnesota AFL-CIO, the statewide federation of more than 1,000 local unions who represent more than 300,000 working people, announced its 2021 legislative priorities aimed at crisis relief, maintaining and expanding workplace rights and safety, extending paid leave for all workers, tax justic

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Labor condemns Capitol insurrection, calls on complicit Minnesota Republicans to resign

The Executive Board of the Minnesota AFL-CIO unanimously passed a resolution today calling for the resignations or Congressional censure of Representatives Jim Hagedorn (CD 1),

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Attempted Coup an Unconscionable Assault on Democracy

Statement from AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka on the breach of the U.S. Capitol building:

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Union members deliver Minnesota as part of Joe Biden’s & Kamala Harris’ historic victory

As multiple news organizations declared Joe Biden President-elect and Kamala Harris Vice President-elect, Minnesota AFL-CIO President Bill McCarthy issued the following statement:

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