"There is an unprecedented and outrageous attack being waged against the people of Minnesota. I have never seen anything like it in my life, said Kieran Knutson, the president of Communications Workers of America (CWA) Local 7250 in Minneapolis. This is just an outrageous acceleration and escalation of violence toward working-class people."
"Working people, our schools and our communities are under attack. Union members are being detained commuting to and from work, tearing apart families. Parents are being forced to stay home, students held out of school, fearing for their lives, all while the employer class remains silent."
"I think what generated the idea for this action comes out of the need to figure out what we can meaningfully do to stop it, said Knutson."
Labor unions, community leaders and faith groups in Minnesota are organizing an economic blackout urging residents not to work, shop or attend school to protest federal immigration enforcement. The Trump administration sent about 3,000 federal agents to the state, and more than 2,400 people have been arrested in recent weeks. An ICE officer fatally shot Renee Good, 37, in Minneapolis earlier this month. Multiple local unions including CWA Local 7250, Unite Here Local 17, Saint Paul Federation of Educators and Minneapolis Federation of Educators Local 59 are supporting the action. Organizers frame the enforcement as an unprecedented attack on working-class communities.
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