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Union-backed highway workers cut new labor deal with Minnehaha County
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Union-backed highway workers cut new labor deal with Minnehaha County

Pay bumps, added holiday in contract negotiated between commission, AFSCME

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Minnehaha County highway south of Colton that was reconstructed by highway department employees in summer 2025. (Courtesy)

Highway workers in South Dakota’s most populous county deserve a raise.

That’s according to Minnehaha County commissioners, who earlier this week signed off on a new three-year contract with 21 labor union-backed employees within the county highway department.

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