President Donald Trump’s assault on the rule of law in Minnesota has prompted a call for a General Strike on Friday, January 23rd.
Numerous Labor Unions, Human Rights Advocates, and other organizations support the planned Strike that would target the working day, school, and shopping.
“We are not going to shop. We are not going to work. We are not going to school on Friday, January (23rd). For some people they call that a Strike,” said JaNaé Bates Imari of Camphor Memorial United Methodist Church during a press conference held last week. “For many of us, this is our right to refusal until something changes.”
In all, 90 organizations, big and small, have endorsed the call to Strike.
Among the Unions endorsing the call are Service Employees International Union (SEIU) Local 26, UNITE HERE Local 17, Communications Workers of America (CWA) Local 7250, the St. Paul Federation of Educators Local 28, Amalgamated Transit Union (ATU) Local 1005, the Committee of Interns and Residents (SEIU), and the Minneapolis AFL-CIO Regional Labor Federation.
“Our Labor Federations are encouraging everyone to participate,” Minneapolis AFL-CIO Labor Federation President Chelsie Glaubitz Gabiou said. “It’s time for every single Minnesotan who loves this State and the notion of truth and freedom to raise their voices and deepen their solidarity for our neighbors and Co-Workers living under this Federal occupation.”
ICE Out Now MN lists four demands: ICE must leave Minnesota now; The officer who killed Renee Good must be held legally accountable; No additional Federal funding for ICE in the upcoming Congressional budget and ICE should be investigated for human and Constitutional violations of Americans and our neighbors; and We call upon MN and National Companies to become 4th Amendment businesses, cease economic relations with ICE and refuse ICE entry or using their property for staging grounds.
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