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A collage of Minnesota's three Labor newspapers.

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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Too Many Americans Die on the Job. Are Things About to Get Worse?

Maddin won his case, but it’s Gorsuch’s world we’re living in. According to an AFL-CIO report, 5,190 workers died on the job in the United States in 2016.

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Minnesota AFL-CIO Endorses Keith Ellison for Attorney General

The Minnesota AFL-CIO General Board voted unanimously to endorse Congressman Keith Ellison for Attorney General.

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Minnesota AFL-CIO Endorses Tim Walz for Governor & Peggy Flanagan for Lt. Governor

The General Board of the Minnesota AFL-CIO voted unanimously today to endorse Congressman Tim Walz for Governor and State Representative Peggy Flanagan for Lt. Governor in this November’s election.

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'They Want To Go A different Way': Missouri Voters Scrap ‘Right to Work’ Law

A law to free nonunion workers from paying union dues has been undone by Missouri voters, a victory for labor organizers who spent millions of dollars to organize a “no” campaign.

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Minnesota AFL-CIO congratulates working Missourians for defeating “Right to Work”

Minnesota AFL-CIO President Bill McCarthy issued the following statement on the rejection of Proposition A, the so-called “Right to Work” law in Missouri tonight:

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Trump Administration Mulls a Unilateral Tax Cut for the Rich

The Trump administration is considering bypassing Congress to grant a $100 billion tax cut mainly to the wealthy, a legally tenuous maneuver that would cut capital gains taxation and fulfill a long-held ambition of many investors and conservatives.

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