Minnesota labor unions, community activists and faith leaders organize economic blackout
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A growing number of businesses across Minnesota plan to close Friday to protest the surge of federal immigration enforcement action in the state.
Minnesota labor unions, community activists and faith leaders are organizing the economic blackout, dubbed “ICE Out of Minnesota: Day of Truth and Freedom.”
They’re asking Minnesota residents to avoid school, work and shopping on Friday to show opposition to the continued presence of immigration agents in the Twin Cities and elsewhere in the state.
“It is time to suspend the normal order of business to demand immediate cessation of ICE actions in (Minnesota), accountability for federal agents who have caused loss of life and abuse to Minnesota residents and call for Congress to immediately intervene,” a statement on the event website read.
Labor unions are also calling for a general strike to voice their dissent by not going to work on Friday, if they can do so without a breach of contract.
— Kirsti Marohn, MPR News
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