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Minnesota Labor Movement Supports & Welcomes Refugees & Immigrants

Minnesota Labor Movement Supports & Welcomes Refugees & Immigrants

The Executive Board of the Minnesota AFL-CIO, the state Labor federation of more than 1,000 local unions who collectively represent more than 300,000 working people, passed a resolution reaffirming its support for welcoming refugees and immigrants to the state. The resolution comes as states and counties are deciding...
Working Minnesotans support Governor Walz’s historic Local Jobs & Projects Plan

Working Minnesotans support Governor Walz’s historic Local Jobs & Projects Plan

Minnesota AFL-CIO President Bill McCarthy issued the following statement in support of Governor Tim Walz and Lt. Governor Peggy Flanagan’s historic Local Jobs and Projects Plan, which would invest more than $2 billion into infrastructure projects such as roads, bridges, water treatment, and public building upgrades in...
2020 Campaigns Conference

2020 Campaigns Conference

The 2020 Minnesota AFL-CIO Campaigns Conference is the official kick-off to Labor 2020. This year's election is shaping up to be the most important election of our lifetimes and we need to be at the top of our game if we are to win for working Minnesotans. Workshops at the Campaigns Conference will focus on...
Bethany Winkels named Minnesota AFL-CIO Executive Director

Bethany Winkels named Minnesota AFL-CIO Executive Director

Minnesota AFL-CIO President Bill McCarthy announced today that he has named Bethany Winkels to serve in the newly created position of Executive Director for the statewide Labor Federation. Winkels has been with the Minnesota AFL-CIO since 2016, serving most recently as Campaigns Director. In 2018, she took a brief...
2019 Minnesota AFL-CIO Legislative Report

2019 Minnesota AFL-CIO Legislative Report

We've run the numbers and tallied the votes. Find out how your legislator voted on issues important to working Minnesotans. View the 2019 Minnesota AFL-CIO Legislative Report
Upcoming Events

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November Forecast: Invest in Working Minnesotans

November Forecast: Invest in Working Minnesotans

Responding to Minnesota’s November Budget Forecast reporting a $1.3 billion state budget forecast, Minnesota AFL-CIO President Bill McCarthy issued the following statement: “The November forecast is proof that progressive taxation, smart budgeting, and wise investments continues to keep Minnesota on strong fiscal...
2019 Legislative Session a win for working Minnesotans

2019 Legislative Session a win for working Minnesotans

Much work remains for 2020 and beyond The Minnesota Legislature’s 2019 work came to a close on Saturday morning with significant gains for working people but much work remaining when lawmakers return next February. “Despite being one of only two states with divided government, the 2019 legislative session yielded big...
Minnesota Legislature Agrees to One of the Strongest Anti-Wage Theft Laws in the Nation

Minnesota Legislature Agrees to One of the Strongest Anti-Wage Theft Laws in the Nation

Following the news that a historic bill addressing the wage theft crisis in Minnesota was agreed to as part of the final budget negotiations, the Minnesota Coalition to End Wage Theft released the following statement. “With the agreement reached this week, Minnesota law will finally say that theft is theft, no matter...
New Report Names Minnesota the 28th Most Dangerous Place for Workers

New Report Names Minnesota the 28th Most Dangerous Place for Workers

According to a new report released today by the AFL-CIO, Minnesota had the 28th highest rate of workplace deaths in 2017. This analysis, based on data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics, shows that 101 Minnesota workers lost their lives due to on-the-job injuries, resulting in 3.5 deaths per hundred thousand workers...
At the Capitol

At the Capitol
Statement on Governor Walz’s 2019 State of the State Address

Statement on Governor Walz’s 2019 State of the State Address

Minnesota AFL-CIO President Bill McCarthy issued the following statement responding the Governor Tim Walz’s 2019 State of the State address: “Governor Walz made a strong case this evening for a state budget and policies that put working Minnesotans and families first. “Priorities such as making a historic investment...
Minnesota’s Labor Movement mourns the death of former MN AFL-CIO President Dan Gustafson

Minnesota’s Labor Movement mourns the death of former MN AFL-CIO President Dan Gustafson

Minnesota’s Labor Movement is saddened to learn of the death of MN AFL-CIO President Emeritus Dan Gustafson Thursday evening. Gustafson served as the State Labor Federation’s President from 1985 to 1990 and Secretary-Treasurer from 1978 to 1984. “Minnesota’s Labor movement has lost a true champion for working people...
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Working Minnesotans propel Labor-endorsed candidates to victory

Working Minnesotans propel Labor-endorsed candidates to victory

Minnesota AFL-CIO President Bill McCarthy issued the following statement responding to the 2018 election results: “A record number of Minnesotans sent a clear message yesterday by electing the full slate of Labor-endorsed candidates to statewide offices, putting a working families majority in charge of the Minnesota...
Bill McCarthy & Brad Lehto unanimously re-elected to lead Minnesota AFL-CIO

Bill McCarthy & Brad Lehto unanimously re-elected to lead Minnesota AFL-CIO

Delegates to the 54th Minnesota AFL-CIO Constitutional Convention unanimously voted Saturday to re-elect President Bill McCarthy & Secretary-Treasurer Brad Lehto to lead the state’s largest labor federation for the next four years. “Despite setbacks from narrowly decided Supreme Court decisions, working...
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