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2026 Minnesota AFL-CIO Endorsed Candidates

28 May, 2026

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

07 Jun, 2026

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 AFL-CIO Endorses Amy Klobuchar for Governor

27 May, 2026

The Minnesota AFL-CIO, the state federation of more than 1,000 local unions collectively representing more than 300,000 working people, endorsed Sen. Amy Klobuchar for Governor. “Minnesota is one of the best states for working people, and we need a governor who will keep it that way as workers face

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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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AFL-CIO, Several Unions Send Volunteers to Puerto Rico

05 Oct, 2017

Some 275 volunteers – pilots, mechanics, flight attendants and other workers – took off from Newark International Airport on October 4 on a union-sponsored relief mission to hurricane-smashed Puerto Rico, the AFL-CIO announced.

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Students Work Together to Create Change at Nike

29 Sep, 2017

In a powerful illustration of the ability of grassroots activists to challenge corporate power, United Students Against Sweatshops, the nation’s leading student organization focused on issues of worker rights and economic justice, has just scored a crucial victory over the world’s biggest s

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A Tax Plan That Works For the People, Not Wall Street

27 Sep, 2017

Working people are tired of hearing how tax giveaways for Wall Street billionaires and corporations will supposedly trickle down to the rest of us.

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A Radical Republican Proposal To Roll Back Worker Protections

20 Sep, 2017

Last week, the Republican-led House Committee on Education and the Workforce held a hearing on H.R. 3441, the so-called Save Local Business Act -- a bill that has almost nothing to do with saving small and local businesses.

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Labor Unions Are Stepping Up To Fight Deportations

14 Sep, 2017

Yahaira Burgos was fearing the worst when her husband, Juan Vivares, reported to the Immigration and Customs Enforcement office in lower Manhattan in March. Vivares, who fled Colombia and entered the U.S. illegally in 2011, had recently been given a deportation order.

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NNU Deploys Additional Nurses to Hurricane-Affected Areas

12 Sep, 2017

“What we know from RNRN’s work in previous disaster-stricken areas, including hurricanes Katrina and Rita, as well as post-earthquake Haiti and super typhoon Haiyan, is that after an initial surge of volunteers, many people have to return to work.