Resolution 12 - We Demand Lower Cost of Living and Higher Wages

Resolution 12

We Demand Lower Cost of Living and Higher Wages

WHEREAS: North Dakota’s working families are feeling the economic impact of inflation, being forced to make difficult financial choices, as soaring prices outpaced wage growth in 2026; and 

WHEREAS: Many North Dakota workers are struggling to afford the basics, such as housing, utilities, food, health care, and transportation; and

WHEREAS: These increasing costs are a direct result of this administration's disastrous trade policies, the war in Iran, a lack of public investment in housing, and unchecked corporate greed; and 

WHEREAS: The administration is working to dismantle our social safety net through privatization, outsourcing, defunding, and understaffing; and 

WHEREAS: The combination of increasing economic costs, stagnating wages, and decreasing social benefits will cause more working people to fall into poverty; and therefore be it 

RESOLVED: The North Dakota AFL-CIO will call on our elected leaders to address the increasing cost of living and to protect and enhance our social safety net programs such as SNAP, WIC, Childcare Development Funds, Medicaid, Medicare and Social Security, and be it further 

RESOLVED: The North Dakota AFL-CIO and our unions will continue our timeless fight for higher wages for all workers.