Minneapolis AFL-CIO Calls for General Strike on Friday as Movement Spreads to Other Cities

This weekend, the Minneapolis AFL-CIO endorsed a measure calling for a general strike in response to ICE’s continued operations and raids in Minneapolis on Friday, January 23. 

The endorsement comes as Trump announced that the National Guard could deploy to the Twin Cities to quell protests. Trump has since alerted 1,500 soldiers of the 11th Airborne Division and advised them that they may deploy to Minnesota. 

Minneapolis has quickly become the fiercest battleground for activists fighting ICE after an ICE agent murdered Renee Good, a legal observer monitoring ICE.

Now, a general strike endorsed by the Minneapolis AFL-CIO could intensify the fight and inspire unions in other cities to go on strike against ICE's continued operations. Already, several other regional labor federations have endorsed the strike, and other unions nationwide could be further inspired to take action. 

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General strike lets go!