For the November 4 State Senate Special Elections, the Minnesota AFL-CIO is proud to endorse two union members Amanda Hemmingsen-Jaeger in District 47 and Louis McNutt in District 29. Let's put to union members in the State Senate! #mnleg #BetterInAUnion

🚨 SOLIDARITY ACTION — TODAY at 4 pm, stand alongside Amazon workers’ walkout for better pay and conditions, organized by our community partner The Awood Center. ✊ The Awood Center is a place for the East African community to learn, defend our rights at work, and build East African worker power.

Follow @ehbforbet on Instagram. Vote for me. Request a lawn sign. Talk about the BET. Make it your whole personality. All the cool kids are doing it.

🗳️ PRO-LABOR VOTER GUIDE — Vote by November 4 (in-person or by absentee ballot) to keep our region UNION STRONG ✊ 👉 www.MNvotes.org is where you can find your polling location, request a ballot mailed to you, register or update your voter info, see FAQs and more! 👀 #mpls #mnpol #2025election

🗳️ PRO-LABOR VOTER GUIDE — Vote by November 4 (in-person or by absentee ballot) to keep our region UNION STRONG ✊ 👉 www.MNvotes.org is where you can find your polling location, request a ballot mailed to you, register or update your voter info, see FAQs and more! 👀 #mpls #mnpol #2025election

🗳️ PRO-LABOR VOTER GUIDE — Vote by November 4 (in-person or by absentee ballot) to keep our region UNION STRONG ✊ 👉 www.MNvotes.org is where you can find your polling location, request a ballot mailed to you, register or update your voter info, see FAQs and more! 👀 #mpls #mnpol #2025election

📣📣 Calling all hands on deck!📣📣 Sign up for an upcoming Days of Action shift to support these amazing Labor and DFL endorsed Park Board candidates!!

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A great afternoon on the doors in the Holland neighborhood today with DFL endorsed Park Board candidates @michaelforparks.bsky.social & @engy5150.bsky.social! Come join us this week as we keep reaching out to voters: www.mobilize.us/neighborsfor...

"Right away, the steward should raise the question of how the episode is related to the workplace. Make the boss prove that the off-duty situation somehow has relevance to the workplace." labornotes.org/2025/09/how-...

End the week strong — vote early! 🔥

gofund.me/dd7c7ddce Join me in donating to support the recovery of beloved community member Jason Garcia 💌

Can you make it? 👀

Vertical Endeavors workers ratified their first contract! They just won… - 36 hour minimum scheduled hours for full time workers - PTO for part time workers - an average of 16.67% in wage increases over the life of the contract www.ufcw663.org/blog/2025/09...

✊ We are proud to have endorsed and supported Xp Lee’s campaign. 🗣️ 34-B a pro-labor district!

✅ We are proud to endorse Kay Carvajal Moran for Minneapolis Park Board, District 5 — @kayforparks.bsky.social 👉 Find our full list of endorsements and explore campaign links at bit.ly/mplslabor 🔗 Campaign link: www.kayforparks.org

✅ We are proud to endorse Eric Harris Bernstein for Minneapolis Board of Estimate and Taxation (BET) — @ehbforbet.bsky.social 👉 Find our full list of endorsements and explore campaign links at bit.ly/mplslabor 🔗 Campaign link: www.ehbforbet.com

✅ We are proud to endorse these pro-labor candidates for Fridley School Board. 👉 See our full list of endorsements and explore campaign links at bit.ly/mplslabor 🔗 Campaign site: sites.google.com/view/your-fr...

MRLF-endorsed District 4 Park Candidate Jason Garcia has our sincerest wishes for a swift and full recovery 🩵 Our labor-endorsed candidates need solidarity too. Support their vital campaign: secure.actblue.com/donate/jason... 🔗: jason4parks.bsky.social

Join me tomorrow at 11 a.m. as I knock doors with my fellow DFL/Labor Park Board candidates in District 6. Let's win in November! Sign up here: actionnetwork.org/events/rsvp-...

Solidarity works! The strike has ended ✊

“Our artists, production team and partners have made clear that they will not cross a picket line,” Farm Aid said in a statement Thursday. “These decisions reflect our own values: The farm and labor movements are inseparable.” www.startribune.com/farm-aid-40-...

Solidarity in action ✊

Today at 5 pm at the MFE59 office — support educators! ✊

‼️ NEWS RELEASE from Teamsters Local 320 from the picket line, shared on their Facebook an hour ago: UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA USES INTIMIDATION TACTICS AND MISINFORMATION AGAINST THE TEAMSTERS 🔗: cutt.ly/wrCiDzkw

🚨In a new survey of 700 AFT members, 49.5% say they anticipate needing to purchase food for their students this year—and even before the cuts to SNAP in Trump's #BigUglyBill take effect in 2028. Read more from the survey & share⬇️

Yesterday we held our rally at Davis regarding our bargaining priorities around lower class sizes, safe staffing, living wages for educational support professionals, & pay parity for adult educators at the first school board meeting of the year!

✅ We are proud to endorse Xp Lee for MN House District 34-B. ‼️ JOIN US on Saturday, September 13 at 10 am to knock doors + engage voters ahead of the HD 34-B Special Election (Sept. 16) 👉 RSVP for location, email: [email protected] Can't make it? Find another time: bit.ly/laborforxp

🗣️ UMN Teamsters Local 320 are on strike! 👉 “Workers are demanding parity with other university union settlements and preservation of hard-fought gains won in mediation.” 🔥 24 hour pickets are planned across UMN’s system of campuses until a deal is reached. #SOLIDARITY with the 1,400 workers!

✊ TODAY at 4:30 pm — support @mfelocal59.bsky.social educators at MPS Davis in their fight for a fair contract! 👉 Details: www.facebook.com/events/11140...

✊ Solidarity with SEIU Local 26 janitors fighting for just treatment — from @workdaymagazine.bsky.social: “The janitors, all senior employees who have devoted their careers to cleaning the Hennepin County Government Plaza, are alleging age discrimination.” @seiumn.bsky.social

👀 Good news if you missed it — Fika Cafe, the American Swedish Institute’s Minneapolis restaurant, along with its catering leg, Slate and Stone Catering, have voted to join hospitality union @uniteherelocal17.bsky.social! ✊ Workers, welcome. #ItsBetterInAUnion 🔗: racketmn.com/fik-yeah-fik...

Support Greyson if you can 🩵

👀 In case you missed it — this was a big win for workers. 🗣️ Minnesota continues to say no to anti-union meetings!

University of Minnesota service workers reject final contract offer, say strike is possible minnesotareformer.com/briefs/minne...

Throughout our history, the labor movement has marched, fought and stood together to win every bit of progress. Black trade unionists have played a critical role in—and often were the backbone of—all those victories. More from AFL-CIO Secretary-Treasurer Fred Redmond:

Employers are legally allowed to pay poverty wages across America. THIS is why we organize. THIS is why unions are so important. To fight back. To fight for livable wages.

Join us of our open bargaining session on Thursday, September 11th from 5-8pm at the MFE59 office (67 8th Avenue NE, MPLS). We will be heading into mediation soon and would love to see you all in-person.

Federal appeals court dismisses challenge to Minnesota ban on captive audience meetings minnesotareformer.com/briefs/feder...

Manufacturing over the year: -78,000 jobs Federal government since Jan: -97,000 jobs Only 22,000 jobs added — basically frozen. But wages have increased 3.7% on average in private-sector non-farm jobs over the past year. www.bls.gov/news.release...

"Management can tear up the collective bargaining agreement, but it cannot get rid of the collective identity of workers, he says. They can still support each other, remain in communication and community, and act in solidarity on the job." via @sarahlazare.bsky.social

So, which is it? Do Republicans want more funding for school-based mental health programs or not? Because you can't say one thing and do another here, guys. 🤦 #mnleg #edmnvotes

❗️Rally next Tuesday, Sept. 9 at Davis — info below 👇 Support educators! Solidarity with @mfelocal59.bsky.social ✊

✅ We are proud to endorse these pro-labor candidates for Bloomington School Board. 👉 See our full list of endorsements and explore campaign links at bit.ly/mplslabor

✅ We are proud to endorse these pro-labor candidates — see the whole list of endorsements and explore all campaign links at bit.ly/mplslabor

✅ We are proud to endorse these pro-labor candidates for Bloomington City Council. 👉 See all our endorsed candidates and connect with candidate campaigns at bit.ly/mplslabor

👇 Take action for airport workers — sign the petition!

From Minnesota AFL-CIO President Bernie Burnham: “It’s Better in a Union because we stick together for each other. It’s Better in a Union because we fight to keep corporate and boss power in check.” www.shankerinstitute.org/blog/dispatc...

RALLY @ NOON! Today we're honoring our labor forbearers by demanding dignified lives for airport workers and rideshare drivers. Workers make the world run, and we won't stop until we get our fair share! #LaborDay #UnionStrong #WorkersOverBillionaires #FamiliesFirst

Union proud, always. Happy #LaborDay!