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Statement on Alan Netland’s retirement as President of the Northeast Area Labor Council

12 Dec, 2025

Minnesota AFL-CIO President Bernie Burnham made the following statement on the retirement of Northeast Area Labor Council President Alan Netland: “On behalf of Minnesota’s entire Labor Movement, I want to thank President Netland for his years of service to the working people of Duluth, Northeast

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AFL-CIO Observes International Human Rights Day

10 Dec, 2025

Since its earliest days, the AFL-CIO has argued that the dignity and freedom of working people are fundamental human rights, aligning our mission with the principles later enshrined in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. Today, those rights are under attack.

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We refuse to let Trump break our solidarity

03 Dec, 2025

Minnesota AFL-CIO President Bernie Burnham made the following statement in response to President Trump’s threats to Minnesota’s Somali American community: “In the Labor Movement, an injury to one is an injury to all. By vilifying our Somali American co-workers and neighbors and threatening military

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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:

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The PRO Act: Pathway to Power for Workers

16 May, 2019

Abigail Disney, granddaughter of the co-founder of the Walt Disney Co., called out the family business’ current CEO last month for making what’s supposed to be the happiest place on earth pretty darn miserable for its workers.

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Democrats Have an Ambitious Plan to Save American Labor Unions

16 May, 2019

House Democrats have a plan to make unions great again.

They’re trying to get support for a sweeping labor reform bill that would reverse decades of Republican-backed policies meant to crush labor unions.

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All Teachers Could Benefit from Unions

16 May, 2019

Re: Ashley Jochim's April 25 Detroit News opinion, "Charter schools, the future of teachers unions": There is no doubt Michigan’s public schools are facing problems and it

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The gig economy fails to share the wealth with workers. Here’s how we fix it

10 May, 2019

Like so many California families, Karim Bayumi of Anaheim, his wife and two young children are doing everything they can to scrape by.

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Larry Hanley Was a Transformational Labor Leader. He Will Be Missed.

10 May, 2019

On May 7, while recovering from an illness, Amalgamated Transit Union (ATU) International President Larry Hanley died suddenly. In a brief statement, his family, quoting Mary G. Harris “Mother” Jones, urged us to: "Pray for the dead and fight like hell for the living."

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Statement on Vice President Mike Pence’s “New NAFTA” Minnesota visit

09 May, 2019

Minnesota AFL-CIO President Bill McCarthy issued the following statement ahead of Vice President Mike Pence’s scheduled visits to Glyndon & St. Paul to discuss the United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA), the proposed replacement to the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA):