Minnesota Labor Unions Call For General Strike Jan 23

[Vthestate]

Source: Daily Kos

Several Minnesota Labor Unions have called for a general strike on Friday January 23rd, in protest of ICE brutality in their communities. Quoting the MinneapolisUnions.org press release:

The Minneapolis Regional Labor Federation, AFL-CIO along with regional bodies throughout the state, 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 in solidarity to endorse a powerful unified statewide action on January 23: Day of Truth and Freedom. The Minnesota labor movement is united against the violent ICE occupation of our beloved cities that has directly impacted union members, our workplaces and our families.

Workers are essential for our communities to function. Since the ICE campaign of terror began, both immigrant and non-immigrant workers have feared for their safety when going to work, being at work, and coming home from work. Union members and our families are being illegally detained at alarming rates, with workplaces and schools facing increased challenges.


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I love good news.... large organizations stepping up, representing and rallying support for the american way.... Democracy is the answer to our challenge with the reactionary authoritarian hoard + the GOP. Let freedom ring.

[Chasstev365]

1. Let's hope it suceeds beyond expectations!

This could be a dress rehearsal/blue print for when we need a national general strike to demand the ouster of the "Cancerous Orange Tumor" on America!

[OldBaldy1701E]

2. Until there is a general strike that last longer than a day or two, they won't care about this.

You want to make them change their tune? Stop making them richer for a month.

Stop doing anything other than surviving for two months. Don't let them convince you that the world will end if you don't. It won't.

These ideas are fine, but they are not going to do anything until we actually hurt their bottom line. A one day strike is not going to do that.

[AverageOldGuy]

3. How about the contractors who clean the ICE offices?

Go on strike for a week or so.

Besides, I'll bet the people cleaning their offices are not white people.

[otchmoson]

4. Not just the unions . . .

Why can't Minnesota businesses ban/boycott ICE. Evict them from hotels/motels, close the doors to restaurants, deny service at fast foods, refuse service at gas stations? If ICE is forcing an economic slowdown through fear, can't the residents/businesses fight back through economic denial of service? No bathroom facilities? No DoorDash? Here’s another question: Does Minnesota have a “stand your ground” doctrine or “castle doctrine” that would protect those whose doors are kicked in?

[ancianita]

5. Please help me understand how a general strike & business closures will stop a multi-billion dollar police force in MN,

and how it will make them leave.

Given the ongoing brazenness of the felon and his DHS leader and her multi-billion dollar thugs, I honestly can't see how these actions help MN, or even the country, in the short or long term.

1. How will MN know when these actions are successful? How will the rest of the country?
2. If these actions are a show of united resistance to the rest of the country, then what?
3. Will similar actions by blue states deter the felon from
-- sending more CBP and ICE to other states' cities?
-- invoking The Insurrection Act or declaring Martial Law when he decides to?

[crud]

6. The people don't have a choice

The checks and balances are not working. It is one of the last peaceful tools in the toolbox to stop them. If society shuts down for a day, it's a warning. If we can show them that we are united against them and we won't back down, it might stop them. If not, then the shut down is longer or indefinite or until Trump resigns. They can't force people to go to work. I would like to see one-day walk-outs from schools, or government workers, or airport workers. Unions stepping up to do this is a huge boost for the resistance.

[Dr. T]

7. Money talks.

When business leaders determine that the ICE presence affects their bottom line, no matter how small, they will use their lobbiest influence on their elected officials. Your friendly, local, Trump-humping congressional rep might not listen to you, but they will listen to the people who contribute large sums of money to their campaigns.

[snot]

8. General strikes, hitting TPTB in their pocketbooks,

may be the only mechanism with any hope of success at this point (since the MSM are generally complicit and TPTB have established that occasional protest marches can just be ignored). And agreed that such strikes should be sustained for as long as possible (maybe rolling from one sector to another, to keep the pain inflicted on the 1% going for months or years without rendering all the strikers completely destitute?)

Since it's only a matter of time before most of us are replaced by AI and/or placated with UBI's, the sooner we do this, the better!