MN'S INFRASTRUCTURE UNION: ENDORSEMENTS FOR PRO-WORKER CANDIDATES

Saint Paul, MN —  Today, LIUNA Minnesota and North Dakota announced endorsements for 108 congressional, state and local candidates for the 2022 elections. This announcement follows LIUNA’s earlier endorsement for the re-election of Governor Tim Walz and Lt. Governor Peggy Flanagan.

“The 13,000 hard-working men and women of LIUNA need leaders who will keep our members safe, healthy and working,” said Joel Smith, President and Business Manager. “We need leaders who will vote in support of safe, quality infrastructure jobs so our members can provide for their families, and maintain our health and pension plans which also helps Laborers retire with dignity.”

Smith adds, “The candidates we’ve endorsed today have voted in favor of state and federal resources that will make our roads, bridges and water infrastructure safer. They have stood with us for a safer and more skilled refinery workforce. They are committed to fighting alongside us on important issues such as protecting our wages, cracking down on wage theft, and supporting a just, clean energy transition that ensures strong labor and environmental protections. No matter the issue, Laborers will have a seat at the table and they will work with us.”

As one of Minnesota's largest and most politically active unions, we are proud to support leaders who share our values and priorities:

• Creating family-sustaining careers
• Protecting working peoples’ freedom to negotiate a fair return on work
• Ensuring affordable health care and retirement security
• Advancing all workers’ freedom to prosper so that we can provide for and have the time to be with our families

LIUNA Minnesota and North Dakota consider all candidates who seek the union’s endorsement (online questionnaire here.) More LIUNA endorsements will be announced between now and the November elections.

LIUNA 2022 Endorsements (click to view online)