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Minnesota’s Labor Movement awarded AFL-CIO’s George Meany–Lane Kirkland Human Rights Award

At its 30th Constitutional Convention in Minneapolis, the AFL-CIO, the federation of 65 national and international labor unions that represent nearly 15 million working people, awarded Minnesota’s Labor Movement the 2025 George Meany–Lane Kirkland Human Rights Award for union and union members’
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Minnesota Labor Newspapers

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:

Duluth Labor World

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Frontline Workers Speak Out About Need for COVID-19 Emergency Paid Leave

Frontline workers spoke out Thursday morning in support of legislation providing up to 100 hours of emergency paid leave for frontline workers forced to stay home due to a COVID-19 diagnosis or exposure. Work

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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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