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North Dakota AFL-CIO Statement on the killing of Alex Jeffrey Pretti

26 Jan, 2026

Then North Dakota AFL-CIO issued the following statement on the killing of Alex Jeffrey Pretti, a member of the American Federation of Government Employees (AFGE), in Minneapolis: The North Dakota AFL-CIO sends our deepest sympathy to the family, friends, neighbors, union siblings, co-workers and

North Dakota AFL-CIO Statement on Minneapolis ICE Shooting of Renee Nicole Good

09 Jan, 2026

North Dakota’s labor movement is outraged by the killing of Renee Nicole Good by an Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agent in Minneapolis on Wednesday. Our hearts are with Good’s family and loved ones, especially her children, during this devastating time. We stand in solidarity with our

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AFL-CIO, Several Unions Send Volunteers to Puerto Rico

Some 275 volunteers – pilots, mechanics, flight attendants and other workers – took off from Newark International Airport on October 4 on a union-sponsored relief mission to hurricane-smashed Puerto Rico, the AFL-CIO announced.

05, Oct, 2017

Students Work Together to Create Change at Nike

In a powerful illustration of the ability of grassroots activists to challenge corporate power, United Students Against Sweatshops, the nation’s leading student organization focused on issues of worker rights and economic justice, has just scored a crucial victory over the world’s biggest s

29, Sep, 2017

A Tax Plan That Works For the People, Not Wall Street

Working people are tired of hearing how tax giveaways for Wall Street billionaires and corporations will supposedly trickle down to the rest of us.

27, Sep, 2017

North Dakota Union Members Present on Organizing

On Friday, September 22nd, North Dakota Union members Travis Swanson, United Steelworkers Local 560 President and Dan Jackson, USW Local 560 member and Vice President of the Northern Plains United Labor Council, attended a training as guests of the St.

24, Sep, 2017

A Radical Republican Proposal To Roll Back Worker Protections

Last week, the Republican-led House Committee on Education and the Workforce held a hearing on H.R. 3441, the so-called Save Local Business Act -- a bill that has almost nothing to do with saving small and local businesses.

20, Sep, 2017

Labor Unions Are Stepping Up To Fight Deportations

Yahaira Burgos was fearing the worst when her husband, Juan Vivares, reported to the Immigration and Customs Enforcement office in lower Manhattan in March. Vivares, who fled Colombia and entered the U.S. illegally in 2011, had recently been given a deportation order.

14, Sep, 2017