In 2004, the Labor Review launched an online archive of all previous issues of the newspaper since its first issue published in April 1907. 

This searchable archive includes all issues of the MinneapolisLabor Review published from April 1907 through May 2024 (new issues will be uploaded as they are published). In the archive, you can view, zoom in/out, and download old issues of the MinneapolisLabor Review exactly as they appeared in print — and it's all searchable! 

Search the archive by an individual’s name, a topic, or a date. Or, use the "Issue List" pull-down menu to select the date of of the Labor Review issue which you want to view.

ACCESS THE ARCHIVE

A labor of love...

In spring 2004, forty-five union and community volunteers spent five weeks using a high-quality digital camera to scan every single back issue of the Minneapolis Labor Review since 1907.

“The Labor Review Archive is our gift to the community to promote the study of labor history and to help keep that history alive,” said Bill McCarthy, president of the then Minneapolis Central Labor Union Council in 2004. “We thank the many unions and individuals who have donated to the Labor Review Archive Project to date.”

Thank you to the volunteers across our community who made this digital archive possible with all of their hard work. 

Ann Baird, AFSCME
Larry Casey, Labor Education Service
Larry Chadwick, Pipefitters Local 539
Kim Churchill, Bloomington Federation of Teachers
Steve Claypatch, IBEW 292
Catherine Conlan, National Writers Union
Matt Conlan, Carpenters Local 87
Jan Cuccia, SEIU Local 113
Allen Dale, Carpenters Local 851
Pam Donato, National Association of Letter Carriers, Branch 9
Todd Erickson, CWA Local 7200
Jason Evans, UFCW Local 789
Jay Forby, Painters Local 386
JoEllen Haugo, Minneapolis Public Library
Rod Hogetvedt, Painters Local 386
Dale Jurgenson, Teamsters Local 4
Ken Kelash, Carpenters Local 1644
Pat Kerlin, AFSCME Local 99
Craig Kloefter, community volunteer
Jerry Kolb, American Postal Workers Union
Barb Kucera, Labor Education Service
Marilyn Martin, AFSCME Local 3159
Wes McGee, AFSCME Local 34
Jim McGuire, OPEIU Local 12
Glenda Meixell, AFSCME Local 3159
Karl Meller, AFSCME Local 744
Sarah Mulligan, MLIS student, College of St. Catherine
Wally Nelson, Minnesota Newspaper Guild
John Niedenfuer, Painters Local 386
Jeff  Pilacinski, AFSCME Local 3800
Allie Priestley, Minnesota Newspaper Guild
Lila Savage, community volunteer
Lonna Schmidt, AFSCME Council 6
Pat Schmit, community volunteer
John See, Labor Education Service
Don Sevre, American Postal Workers Union
Cheryl Stately, National Association of Letter Carriers, Branch 9
Craig Stull, Painters Local 386
Monica Surber, MLIS Student, College of St. Catherine
Bill Usher, American Postal Workers Union
Renee Weddle, MLIS Student, College of St. Catherine
Deb Werner, community volunteer
Lynette Westerlund, College of St. Catherine
Robin Young, AFSCME Local 34

Labor Review Archive Project (LRAP) Committee
Chair: Glenda Meixell, AFSCME Local 3159. Committee Members: Bill Usher, APWU, Minneapolis Area Local; Wes McGee, AFSCME Local 34; John Niedenfuer, Painters Union Local 386. Staff: Steve Share, Labor Review Editor.

Thank you to the following donors for supporting the Labor Review Archive Project. Their generosity makes free online access possible:

SPECIAL RECOGNITION 
The Labor Review Archive Project wishes to acknowledge a major gift, $2,000 donated by Matt Nelson in memory of Jennifer Alcorn.

MASTER LEVEL DONORS ($500 and above) 
Amalgamated Transit Union Local 1005 
American Federation of State, County & Municipal Employees Council 5 
American Postal Workers Union, Minneapolis Area Local 
Glass, Molders, Pottery, Plastics & Allied Workers Local 63B 
International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers Local 292 
Minneapolis Building & Construction Trades Council 
Minneapolis Federation of Teachers Local 59 
Minnesota Association of Professional Employees (MAPE) 
Minnesota Nurses Association 
National Association of Letter Carriers Branch 9 
Painters & Allied Trades District Council 82 
Pipefitters Local 539

JOURNEYMAN LEVEL DONORS ($250-$499) 
AFSCME Local 2822 
Communications Workers of America Local 7200 
Communications Workers of America Local 7250 
Elevator Constructors Local 9 
Laborers Local 563 
Lit Happens 
Service Employees International Union Local 26 
Service Employees International Union Local 63 
St. Paul Building & Construction Trades Council

APPRENTICE LEVEL DONORS ($100-$249) 
AFSCME Local 34 
AFSCME Local 2829 
AFSCME Local 3800 
AFSCME Local 4001 
Bloomington Federation of Teachers Local 1182 
Boilermakers Local 647 
Carpenters Local 851 
Carpenters Local 1644 
City Employees Local 363 
GCIU Local 1M 
Glaziers Local 1324 
Iron Workers Local 512 
Lakes and Plains Regional Council of Carpenters and Joiners 
Millwrights and Machine Erectors Local 548 
Minnesota Newspaper Guild/Typographical Union 
Operating Engineers Local 49 
Operating Engineers Local 70 
Professional Employees Local 2864 (AFSCME Council 5) 
Service Employees International Union Local 113 
Sprinkler Fitters Local 417 
UNITE HERE Local 17 
United Food and Commercial Workers, Local 653 
United Steelworkers of America Local 12106

FRIEND LEVEL DONORS ($35-$99) 
AFTRA Twin Cities Local 
Teamsters Local 4 
Twin Cities Automotive Lodge 737, IAMAW 
Twin Cities Musicians Union

INDIVIDUALS 
Anonymous 
Edith Adams 
Harry Banko 
Sanford Berman 
Steve Brandt 
James Bratton 
J. Robert Burger 
Tom Campbell 
Jean Diederich 
Myrna Doran 
Philip W. Epstein 
Todd L. Erickon 
Mary L. Falk 
Bob Fine 
Tom Gilsenan 
Martin Goff 
Bill Green 
Richard Greenberg 
Mary Haltvick 
Jenny Heiser 
Arnie Helwick 
Jacquelyn Howard 
Bob Hulteen 
Betsy Hunter 
Dick Johnson 
Pat Kelly 
Gary Kinkaid 
Sharon Kirscher 
Louanne Koskinen 
Armand Laberge 
Lee Langhoff 
Lenny Larson 
Peter Lewon 
Diane Loeffler 
Kyle Makarios 
Bill McCarthy 
Glenda Meixell 
Frank Miskowiec 
Brendan S. Nelson & Kelly Ahern Nelson 
Wally Nelson 
John Niedenfuer 
Jeffrey R. Pilacinski 
Sheila Pokorny 
Ron Roiger 
Lisa Root 
Jean H. Ross 
Lonna-Jean Schmidt 
Steve Share 
Milton Sherburne 
James Stolfa 
Bill Usher 
Catherine Wagner 
James J. Walsh 
Caleb Wright 
Andrea Yevuta 
Henry Zierer 
Dean Zimmermann