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On Workers Memorial Day, unions still pleading for enforceable federal...
Every year on April 28, local unions hold Workers Memorial Day ceremonies to honor their members who died in the last 12 months as a result of work-related injury or illness – and to renew the call for...
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For 20 years, Lynne Larkin-Wright helped union members get through the ‘bumps...
Lynne Larkin-Wright receives a letter of appreciation from U.S. Rep. Betty McCollum for her four decades of service to the community. McCollum’s district director, Josh Straka, presented the letter on...
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Kera Peterson: A distant Labor Day this year, but our solidarity endures
Kera Peterson is president of the St. Paul Regional Labor Federation, AFL-CIO. Her “Labor Voices” column appeared in the September 2020 issue of The Saint Paul Union Advocate. ***** Kera Peterson For...
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Kera Peterson: To build back better, pass the PRO Act
Kera Peterson is president of the St. Paul Regional Labor Federation, AFL-CIO. Millions of working people and their families are hurting in America right now. We’ve seen it firsthand at the St. Paul...
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MN unions grew in 2021, bucking national trend
Minnesota bucked the national trend of declining union membership last year, as the state’s union rolls grew by 18,000 workers. “Working people across Minnesota stood up in 2021 and demanded a voice on...
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Unions honor fallen tradespeople on Workers Memorial Day
Twin Cities Building Trades councils observed Workers Memorial Day with a ceremony on the Capitol grounds today, remembering union tradespeople who died from workplace injuries and illnesses over the...
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Unions decry Supreme Court ruling, urge action to protect abortion access
Minnesota’s highest-ranking union officer added to the chorus of labor voices decrying the U.S. Supreme Court ruling in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization, eliminating the federal right to...
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‘Sky’s the limit’ as women workers revive Minnesota’s CLUW chapter
Outrage over the Supreme Court decision rescinding women’s right to an abortion has sparked interest among a growing number of local union members in the Coalition of Labor Union Women. CLUW is a...
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Labor 2022 volunteers say their freedoms, fundamental rights are on the ballot
Judy Seeberger, the endorsed candidate in Senate District 41, thanks volunteers at the United Steelworkers hall in Cottage Grove. Energized to help re-elect Gov. Tim Walz and deliver majorities that...
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Kera Peterson: Unions are having a resurgence, and every member can be part...
St. Paul Regional Labor Federation President Kera Peterson is pictured speaking at the 2022 MN AFL-CIO Convention. At the AFL-CIO Convention last summer, the nation’s largest labor federation set an...
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