News and Updates

Walz budget invests in working families’ priorities

January 26, 2021

Minnesota AFL-CIO President Bill McCarthy issued the following statement on Governor Tim Walz’s proposed state budget: “Governor Walz’s budget proposal is a bold plan that invests in priorities to help working...
Learning & Working Safe During a Pandemic

January 25, 2021

When the COVID-19 pandemic hit, life changed for all Americans. For Minnesota’s construction trades apprentices, work while continuing to learn a career took on new challenges. “We ate in our cars, constantly...
Union density increase shows working Minnesotans demand a voice

January 22, 2021

Minnesota AFL-CIO President Bill McCarthy issued the following statement on today’s US Bureau of Labor Statistics Report showing Minnesota’s union membership rate increased from 13.7% (364,000) of the...
Minnesota AFL-CIO Announces 2021 Legislative Priorities

January 21, 2021

The Minnesota AFL-CIO, the statewide federation of more than 1,000 local unions who represent more than 300,000 working people, announced its 2021 legislative priorities aimed at crisis relief, maintaining and...
Labor condemns Capitol insurrection, calls on complicit Minnesota Republicans to resign

January 12, 2021

The Executive Board of the Minnesota AFL-CIO unanimously passed a resolution today calling for the resignations or Congressional censure of Representatives Jim Hagedorn (CD 1), Tom Emmer (CD6), Michele...
Democracy prevails, time for Minnesota Republicans to respect the vote

December 14, 2020

Minnesota AFL-CIO President Bill McCarthy issued the following statement on the Electoral College’s election of President-elect Joe Biden & Vice President-elect Kamala Harris: “Today in Saint Paul,...
Union members deliver Minnesota as part of Joe Biden’s & Kamala Harris’ historic victory

November 7, 2020

As multiple news organizations declared Joe Biden President-elect and Kamala Harris Vice President-elect, Minnesota AFL-CIO President Bill McCarthy issued the following statement: “Minnesota’s union members...
Minnesota AFL-CIO Releases 2020 Legislative Scorecard

October 16, 2020

Following yesterday’s adjournment of October’s special legislative session, the Minnesota AFL-CIO released its 2020 legislative scorecard. The report shows how every lawmaker voted on issues important to both...
Minnesota’s Labor 2020 Campaign in Full Swing

October 5, 2020

With less than thirty days remaining until the polls close on November 3rd, the Minnesota AFL-CIO’s Labor 2020 political program is running at full speed in what has shaped up to be one of the most...
Working Minnesotans can’t trust Donald Trump

September 30, 2020

Minnesota AFL-CIO President Bill McCarthy made the following statement regarding President Donald Trump’s visit to Minnesota today: “Donald Trump is bringing his bluster back to Minnesota today, and if last...
2020 Minnesota AFL-CIO Endorsements

September 22, 2020

The following candidates have been endorsed by the national AFL-CIO and Minnesota AFL-CIO. Candidates endorsed by the Minnesota AFL-CIO have demonstrated a firm commitment to protecting working Minnesotans’...
Minnesota AFL-CIO pioneering apprenticeships for manufacturing workers

September 20, 2020

For decades, America’s construction unions’ apprenticeship programs have been the gold standard for empowering workers to thrive in the construction industry. Now unions in a handful of states, including...
While Trump rants at the airport, Biden will be listening to working Minnesotans

September 18, 2020

Minnesota AFL-CIO President Bill McCarthy made the following statement regarding today’s visits from President Trump in Bemidji and former Vice President Biden’s visit to Duluth: “With both Presidential...
Minnesota AFL-CIO launches largest digital ad buy & member engagement program in state federation history

September 11, 2020

The Minnesota AFL-CIO, the state federation of more than 1,000 local unions who represent more than 300,000 working people, announced a $400,000 statewide digital ad buy to encourage union members to support...
On Labor Day, Minnesota AFL-CIO launches Union Member Candidate pilot program in Crystal & Robbinsdale

September 7, 2020

The Minnesota AFL-CIO today launched a pilot program to empower and elect Minnesota union members to public office, putting the state labor federation’s support behind City Council candidates in Crystal &...
Early voting key to Labor 2020 & staying safe

September 7, 2020

It’s Labor Day, the unofficial kickoff of election season. For the next 57 days, union members will be calling union members to talk about how critical it will be to create a better and more just state and...
State Labor Leaders denounce Senate Republicans’ firing of Labor Commissioner

August 17, 2020

Minnesota’s Labor Leaders gathered to condemn Senate Republican’s abrupt removal of Minnesota Labor & Industry Commissioner Nancy Leppink. Minnesota AFL-CIO President Bill McCarthy delivered the following...
Senate GOP’s move on Labor Commissioner a slap in the face to working Minnesotans

August 12, 2020

Minnesota AFL-CIO President Bill McCarthy issued the following statement on the Minnesota Senate’s removal of Nancy Leppink as Commissioner of Labor & Industry: “Senate Republicans’ sudden action to remove...
Minnesota AFL-CIO advocating for union members and all working people

August 10, 2020

On Wednesday, August 12, Governor Walz will call the Minnesota House and Senate back for a special session to extend the state’s ongoing COVID-19 peacetime emergency. While many Minnesotans’ eyes will be...
Minnesota AFL-CIO helping to empower workers to report unsafe conditions

August 3, 2020

The Labor Movement’s long history is populated with fights for safer working conditions and workplace safety laws. The COVID-19 pandemic has put worker safety back in the spotlight as working people across...

News and Updates

Walz budget invests in working families’ priorities

Learning & Working Safe During a Pandemic

Union density increase shows working Minnesotans demand a voice

Minnesota AFL-CIO Announces 2021 Legislative Priorities

Labor condemns Capitol insurrection, calls on complicit Minnesota Republicans to resign

Democracy prevails, time for Minnesota Republicans to respect the vote

Union members deliver Minnesota as part of Joe Biden’s & Kamala Harris’ historic victory

Minnesota AFL-CIO Releases 2020 Legislative Scorecard

Minnesota’s Labor 2020 Campaign in Full Swing

Working Minnesotans can’t trust Donald Trump

2020 Minnesota AFL-CIO Endorsements

Minnesota AFL-CIO pioneering apprenticeships for manufacturing workers

While Trump rants at the airport, Biden will be listening to working Minnesotans

Minnesota AFL-CIO launches largest digital ad buy & member engagement program in state federation history

On Labor Day, Minnesota AFL-CIO launches Union Member Candidate pilot program in Crystal & Robbinsdale

Early voting key to Labor 2020 & staying safe

State Labor Leaders denounce Senate Republicans’ firing of Labor Commissioner

Senate GOP’s move on Labor Commissioner a slap in the face to working Minnesotans

Minnesota AFL-CIO advocating for union members and all working people

Minnesota AFL-CIO helping to empower workers to report unsafe conditions

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