Press release from Minneapolis Regional Labor Federation
statewide General Strike to begin Friday Jan 23Today, the Minneapolis Regional Labor Federation, AFL-CIO along with regional bodies throughout Minnesota, including the Saint Paul Regional Labor Federation, the West Area Labor Council, the North East Area Labor Council and the East Central Labor Council, have joined other unions and community groups in calling for everyone to participate in the Jan.23 Day of Truth and Freedom -- a day without work -- in other words, a General Strike. The Federations are making the following demands:
ICE must leave Minnesota now.
The agent who killed Renee Good must be held legally accountable.
No additional federal funding for ICE in the upcoming Congressional budget and ICE be investigated for human and constitutional violations of Americans and our neighbors
Minnesotan and national companies to become 4th Amendment Businesses & cease economic relations with ICE and refuse ICE entry or using their property for staging grounds.
The call from the labor Federations marks the first time in almost 80 years that labor federations have called for a general strike of all workers and, as far as I know, the first time in US history that the call is for a state-wide strike. The last city-wide general strike in the US was Oakland, Ca. in 1946 and before that the near simultaneous General Strikes in San Francisco, Toledo and, yes, Minneapolis in 1934.
We must everywhere prepare to stand in solidarity with this enormous uprising.
Minnesotan and national companies to become 4th Amendment Businesses & cease economic relations with ICE and refuse ICE entry or using their property for staging grounds.
The call from the labor Federations marks the first time in almost 80 years that labor federations have called for a general strike of all workers and, as far as I know, the first time in US history that the call is for a state-wide strike. The last city-wide general strike in the US was Oakland, Ca. in 1946 and before that the near simultaneous General Strikes in San Francisco, Toledo and, yes, Minneapolis in 1934.
We must everywhere prepare to stand in solidarity with this enormous uprising.
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