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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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Glad the Shutdown’s Over? Thank Workers, Not Just Nancy Pelosi

05 Feb, 2019

The longest government shutdown in American history is over for now. On Friday afternoon, Donald Trump announced a deal to reopen government for the next three weeks.

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Nurses Are Calling Out for Job Protections and Marching in the Women's March

25 Jan, 2019

When women and our allies unite, we build power. That’s true in mass marches and on the job.

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The Government Shutdown Creates Headwinds for Airlines

25 Jan, 2019

The nation’s airlines are blaming the partial federal government shutdown for putting another dark cloud in their path, with few federal workers and contractors taking to the skies and stalled federal agency approvals causing delays in expansion plans, including Southwest Airlines’ much-anticipat

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Labor Voices: GM Leaves Workers' Futures Uncertain

25 Jan, 2019

The focus of General Motors’ November announcement shutting down plants in Lordstown, Ohio; Hamtramck and Warren, Michigan; and Baltimore, Maryland shouldn’t be about money. It should be about people.

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It’s Not a Shutdown, It’s a Lockout and a Shakedown of Federal Workers

25 Jan, 2019

Most media outlets continue to portray the federal “shutdown” as a political fight between a president who once said he would be proud to provoke a standoff and congressional leaders who ha

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Los Angeles Teachers Have Approved a Contract to End Their Six-Day Strike

23 Jan, 2019

Teachers overwhelmingly approved a new contract Tuesday and planned to return to the classroom after a six-day strike over funding and staffing in the nation’s second-largest school district.