Friday is “ICE Out of Minnesota: Day of Truth & Freedom,” a general strike supported by Minnesota’s unions, progressive faith leaders, Democratic lawmakers and community activists. The “ICE Out” day proponents are encouraging all Minnesotans to stay home from work, school and refrain from shopping — suspensions of normal orders of business to protest the […]
  • CombatWombatEsq@lemmy.worldOP
    17·
    13 hours ago

    I agree that announcing an end date for a general strike removes a lot of the threat that a general strike implies, and limits its effectiveness. I’m really holding out for just getting a bunch of people who wouldn’t normally take the day off work to go protest out into the streets to meet the real organizers. I think there are a lot of people who want to do something to help Minnesota from outside the state but don’t know what, and “go grocery shopping on Thursday after work and call in sick to work on Friday” is a very concrete and achievable goal.

      • CombatWombatEsq@lemmy.worldOP
        6·
        11 hours ago

        I think you could strike for ten days too. I think they’d be okay with that.

        I bet they’d be pumped if you struck indefinitely.

    • goferking (he/him)@lemmy.sdf.org
      1·
      11 hours ago

      I can hope with all that’s going on that they’ll get more people interested, just the cold gonna be a blocker. Midwesterns know cold, but it’s gonna be very hard to stay out for those that picket.

      • CombatWombatEsq@lemmy.worldOP
        4·
        10 hours ago

        The cold is not a blocker! It’s super easy to stay home from work, school and shopping when it’s super cold out. Most of the actual meetings are via zoom

        Edit: here’s one if anyone’s interested: Attend a workshop Whether you're union or non-union, attend our upcoming virtual No Work Workshop, co-hosted by EWOC, on January 20th at 8pm. We'll teach you how to start conversations and organize with your coworkers in MN! QR code with caption Join us virtually on Tuesday, January 20th!