Kooper Caraway is the president of the Sioux Falls, South Dakota AFL-CIO.

09.15.2020

• Kooper Caraway

In South Dakota, a Young Labor Leader Wants to Rebuild a Culture of Solidarity

Kooper Caraway, the 29-year-old new president of South Dakota’s AFL-CIO, grew up in a working-class family and cut his teeth fighting ICE as a high schooler. Now his vision for labor includes union-run housing and childcare: “It’s all about building a working-class culture of solidarity.”

08.15.2018

• Kooper Caraway

South Dakota Unions Against White Supremacy

The Sioux Falls, South Dakota AFL-CIO recently banned white supremacists from union leadership. President Kooper Caraway says that's because labor has a duty to fight the far right.