This Is the Story of How Workers Win

It has been a monumental month for American labor.

UAW ratified powerful new contracts with each of America’s Big Three automakers: Ford, General Motors and Stellantis.

SAG-AFTRA reached an industry-defining tentative agreement with the television and film industry studios.

This Is the Story of How Workers Win

Protecting Workers’ Interests in the Tech Revolution

Americans are experiencing the greatest technological transformation of the modern era. Automation and artificial intelligence (AI) are changing how we live, work and communicate.

Protecting Workers’ Interests in the Tech Revolution

AFL-CIO Values Statement

Today's diverse, inclusive labor movement advances the hopes and aspirations of all working people to build a stronger, more equitable America. When workers unite in a union we turn low-paying jobs into good jobs that pay family-supporting wages.

AFL-CIO Values Statement

MRLF Approves 11 More Local Endorsements

MINNEAPOLIS — Voting September 13, delegates to the Minneapolis Regional Labor Federation, AFL-CIO approved local endorsements for school board races in four school districts and also for city council races in Golden Valley and Minnetonka.

MRLF Approves 11 More Local Endorsements

Local School Board Races Will Be a Contest for the Freedom to Learn

This fall, a fight for the soul of education is quietly brewing in school board races all across the state.

Local School Board Races Will Be a Contest for the Freedom to Learn

MN Health Department Offers Free COVID Test Kits

SAINT PAUL —With an uptick in reported cases of COVID-19 and hospitalizations, the Minnesota Department of Health has resumed offering free home COVID test kits. Each household may request eight rapid at-home tests, once a month, while supplies last.

MN Health Department Offers Free COVID Test Kits

Early Voting Begins September 22 for November 7 Elections

MINNEAPOLIS — The November 7 general election in 2023 will see contests for local city councils, mayors, and school boards plus important school funding questions in several school districts.

Early Voting Begins September 22 for November 7 Elections

Gallup Poll Shows High Support for Unions

WASHINGTON — In an annual poll released in advance of Labor Day weekend, the Gallup organization reported that 67 percent of Americans approve of labor unions.

Gallup Poll Shows High Support for Unions

CTUL Campaigns for Protections for Non-union Construction Workers

MINNEAPOLIS — The Twin Cities has “two realities” for construction workers. In the unionized sector, workers are paid well, receive benefits, and enjoy the protections of a union contract.

CTUL Campaigns for Protections for Non-union Construction Workers

CTUL March Calls on Developers to Sign On to Package of Construction Worker Safeguards

MINNEAPOLIS — About 300 strong, members and supporters of worker center CTUL marched down Central Ave.

CTUL March Calls on Developers to Sign On to Package of Construction Worker Safeguards