Minneapolis Regional Labor Federation (MRLF)
@mplsunions.bsky.social
The Minneapolis Regional Labor Federation, AFL-CIO represents 175+ affiliated unions + 80,000+ members ✊ Economic and social justice for *all* working people! 🗣️ #mplsunions | minneapolisunions.org
February 16, 2026 at 12:48 AM
✊ PETITION - We call on the owners of the MN Timberwolves, Twins, Vikings, and Wild to protect their fans by publicly denying ICE and other federal agents access to their facilities, including stadiums, parking lots, and practice fields — just like the L.A. Dodgers did last summer.
c.org/BLyYwbzyBw
c.org/BLyYwbzyBw
Sign the Petition
Get ICE Out of MN Sports!
www.change.org
February 13, 2026 at 12:41 AM
✊ PETITION - We call on the owners of the MN Timberwolves, Twins, Vikings, and Wild to protect their fans by publicly denying ICE and other federal agents access to their facilities, including stadiums, parking lots, and practice fields — just like the L.A. Dodgers did last summer.
c.org/BLyYwbzyBw
c.org/BLyYwbzyBw
📣 See you in Ostego at 4 pm TODAY to tell Tom Emmer to Stand with Minnesotans! ✊ In solidarity with East Central ALC and @mnaflcio.org
More info 👇
www.mobilize.us/mnaflcio/eve...
More info 👇
www.mobilize.us/mnaflcio/eve...
Tell Tom Emmer to Stand with Minnesotans · Minnesota AFL-CIO
Minnesota remains under occupation. Armed and masked federal agents continue tearing through our communities - both in the Twin Cities and Greater Minnesota. They continue to detain immigrants and pea...
www.mobilize.us
February 12, 2026 at 5:50 PM
📣 See you in Ostego at 4 pm TODAY to tell Tom Emmer to Stand with Minnesotans! ✊ In solidarity with East Central ALC and @mnaflcio.org
More info 👇
www.mobilize.us/mnaflcio/eve...
More info 👇
www.mobilize.us/mnaflcio/eve...
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“While we are thrilled that this wave of attacks is seemingly being significantly scaled back, we must acknowledge the deep harm and trauma these last few months have brought to our state." Full statement at aflcio.mn/466iRkZ #iceoutmn
RE: ICE Drawdown — ICE OUT OF MN
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
aflcio.mn
February 12, 2026 at 4:16 PM
“While we are thrilled that this wave of attacks is seemingly being significantly scaled back, we must acknowledge the deep harm and trauma these last few months have brought to our state." Full statement at aflcio.mn/466iRkZ #iceoutmn
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Honor the dead and fight like hell for the living! Join fellow Minnesotans from all walks of life for a march through Minneapolis as we call for an end to ICE’s occupation, support the small businesses, and demand accountability. #iceoutmn aflcio.mn/21626
Day Out for Democracy · Minnesota AFL-CIO
Join us as we honor the dead and fight like hell for the living! Minnesota remains under occupation. Armed and masked federal agents continue tearing through our communities - both in the Twin Cities…
aflcio.mn
February 10, 2026 at 6:26 PM
Honor the dead and fight like hell for the living! Join fellow Minnesotans from all walks of life for a march through Minneapolis as we call for an end to ICE’s occupation, support the small businesses, and demand accountability. #iceoutmn aflcio.mn/21626
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February 9, 2026 at 9:54 PM
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BROOKLYN PARK SHOWED UP ❤️🔥 Thank you to the hundreds of community members who marched this morning to reclaim our suburbs and demand ICE OUT NOW!
✊🏿✊🏽✊🏽✊🏻 We will persist in our demands for justice, safety, and an end to ICE and its violent policies and practices.
👉 ICYMI: youtube.com/shorts/fjfhA...
✊🏿✊🏽✊🏽✊🏻 We will persist in our demands for justice, safety, and an end to ICE and its violent policies and practices.
👉 ICYMI: youtube.com/shorts/fjfhA...
February 8, 2026 at 4:52 AM
BROOKLYN PARK SHOWED UP ❤️🔥 Thank you to the hundreds of community members who marched this morning to reclaim our suburbs and demand ICE OUT NOW!
✊🏿✊🏽✊🏽✊🏻 We will persist in our demands for justice, safety, and an end to ICE and its violent policies and practices.
👉 ICYMI: youtube.com/shorts/fjfhA...
✊🏿✊🏽✊🏽✊🏻 We will persist in our demands for justice, safety, and an end to ICE and its violent policies and practices.
👉 ICYMI: youtube.com/shorts/fjfhA...
⚠️ UPDATED MEETING LOCATION 📍 We’ll start gathering at 9:30 am at Brooklyn United Methodist Church (7200 Brooklyn Boulevard Brooklyn Park, MN 55443).
Folks are welcome to park in the parking lot of the church and on surrounding streets.
See you soon ❤️🔥
Folks are welcome to park in the parking lot of the church and on surrounding streets.
See you soon ❤️🔥
📣 SATURDAY, FEB 7 at 9:30 AM — Join us, Organization of Liberians in MN (OLM), @unidosmn.bsky.social, @seiuhcmnia.bsky.social and Minnesota Somali Community Center for a peaceful march in Brooklyn Park to continue the push to GET ICE OUT — NOW.
✊ Stand in solidarity with the NW suburb community!
✊ Stand in solidarity with the NW suburb community!
February 6, 2026 at 11:58 PM
⚠️ UPDATED MEETING LOCATION 📍 We’ll start gathering at 9:30 am at Brooklyn United Methodist Church (7200 Brooklyn Boulevard Brooklyn Park, MN 55443).
Folks are welcome to park in the parking lot of the church and on surrounding streets.
See you soon ❤️🔥
Folks are welcome to park in the parking lot of the church and on surrounding streets.
See you soon ❤️🔥
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Happy to share a little legal FAQ website I did in the last couple weeks with a few lawyers who do work with the National Lawyers Guild: icewatchlegal.org
Hope it's helpful, please feel free to share where it might be useful (and submit questions).
Hope it's helpful, please feel free to share where it might be useful (and submit questions).
ICE Watch Legal
icewatchlegal.org
February 5, 2026 at 3:07 AM
Happy to share a little legal FAQ website I did in the last couple weeks with a few lawyers who do work with the National Lawyers Guild: icewatchlegal.org
Hope it's helpful, please feel free to share where it might be useful (and submit questions).
Hope it's helpful, please feel free to share where it might be useful (and submit questions).
📣 SATURDAY, FEB 7 at 9:30 AM — Join us, Organization of Liberians in MN (OLM), @unidosmn.bsky.social, @seiuhcmnia.bsky.social and Minnesota Somali Community Center for a peaceful march in Brooklyn Park to continue the push to GET ICE OUT — NOW.
✊ Stand in solidarity with the NW suburb community!
✊ Stand in solidarity with the NW suburb community!
February 5, 2026 at 1:55 AM
📣 SATURDAY, FEB 7 at 9:30 AM — Join us, Organization of Liberians in MN (OLM), @unidosmn.bsky.social, @seiuhcmnia.bsky.social and Minnesota Somali Community Center for a peaceful march in Brooklyn Park to continue the push to GET ICE OUT — NOW.
✊ Stand in solidarity with the NW suburb community!
✊ Stand in solidarity with the NW suburb community!
This is a political stunt. There are still over 2000 agents actively terrorizing our communities.
🗣️ We said ICE out of our neighborhoods — all of them, now.
🗣️ We said ICE out of our neighborhoods — all of them, now.
"“There are still thousands of masked, unaccountable agents terrorizing our communities, attacking peaceful observers, and undermining Minnesotans’ constitutional and civil rights." #iceoutmn aflcio.mn/4rvxdn0
RE: ICE "Drawdown" — ICE OUT OF MN
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
aflcio.mn
February 4, 2026 at 5:48 PM
This is a political stunt. There are still over 2000 agents actively terrorizing our communities.
🗣️ We said ICE out of our neighborhoods — all of them, now.
🗣️ We said ICE out of our neighborhoods — all of them, now.
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1 in 4 Minnesotans participated in the Jan. 23 shutdown against ICE, or had a loved one who did.
Polling shows massive participation & support.
@sarahlazare.bsky.social, @bloomekatz.bsky.social & @thomasbirm.bsky.social report with @workdaymagazine.bsky.social
inthesetimes.com/article/labo...
Polling shows massive participation & support.
@sarahlazare.bsky.social, @bloomekatz.bsky.social & @thomasbirm.bsky.social report with @workdaymagazine.bsky.social
inthesetimes.com/article/labo...
Poll Shows Massive Participation in Minnesota Shutdown Against ICE
One in four Minnesota voters took part in January 23 day of action, or had a loved one who did.
inthesetimes.com
February 3, 2026 at 12:37 AM
1 in 4 Minnesotans participated in the Jan. 23 shutdown against ICE, or had a loved one who did.
Polling shows massive participation & support.
@sarahlazare.bsky.social, @bloomekatz.bsky.social & @thomasbirm.bsky.social report with @workdaymagazine.bsky.social
inthesetimes.com/article/labo...
Polling shows massive participation & support.
@sarahlazare.bsky.social, @bloomekatz.bsky.social & @thomasbirm.bsky.social report with @workdaymagazine.bsky.social
inthesetimes.com/article/labo...
Minnesota’s hospitality union, @uniteherelocal17.bsky.social, is actively supporting working people navigating untenable workplace conditions. 🖤 Please consider supporting/sharing:
workingpartnerships.betterworld.org/campaigns/un...
workingpartnerships.betterworld.org/campaigns/un...
February 1, 2026 at 6:43 PM
Minnesota’s hospitality union, @uniteherelocal17.bsky.social, is actively supporting working people navigating untenable workplace conditions. 🖤 Please consider supporting/sharing:
workingpartnerships.betterworld.org/campaigns/un...
workingpartnerships.betterworld.org/campaigns/un...
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Powerful testimony today from Angie Clair about the devastating impacts of *all of this* on children and those who care for them. The trauma this is inflicting is profound.
#mnleg #childcare
#mnleg #childcare
January 30, 2026 at 4:45 AM
Powerful testimony today from Angie Clair about the devastating impacts of *all of this* on children and those who care for them. The trauma this is inflicting is profound.
#mnleg #childcare
#mnleg #childcare
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“President Trump can swap out names & faces here on the ground, but as long as extremists like Noem & Miller remain in his administration, what’s happening here can just as easily happen anywhere in our nation,” said MN AFL-CIO President Bernie Burnham. aflcio.mn/4t4Dxna
Minnesota AFL-CIO calls for Noem’s impeachment, Miller’s Termination
Board resolution calls for Congress to rescind ICE funding
aflcio.mn
January 29, 2026 at 6:07 PM
“President Trump can swap out names & faces here on the ground, but as long as extremists like Noem & Miller remain in his administration, what’s happening here can just as easily happen anywhere in our nation,” said MN AFL-CIO President Bernie Burnham. aflcio.mn/4t4Dxna
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@mplsunions.bsky.social President Chelsie Glaubitz Gabiou spoke to NPR about why workers called for an economic black out.
ICE is causing havoc and widespread fear across our communities and every industry we work in.
www.npr.org/transcripts/...
ICE is causing havoc and widespread fear across our communities and every industry we work in.
www.npr.org/transcripts/...
Minneapolis union president talks about economic blackout to protest ICE's actions
NPR's Leila Fadel talks to Chelsie Glaubitz Gabiou, president of the Minneapolis Regional Labor Federation, AFL-CIO, which endorsed an economic blackout in protest of ICE's actions.
www.npr.org
January 28, 2026 at 5:56 PM
@mplsunions.bsky.social President Chelsie Glaubitz Gabiou spoke to NPR about why workers called for an economic black out.
ICE is causing havoc and widespread fear across our communities and every industry we work in.
www.npr.org/transcripts/...
ICE is causing havoc and widespread fear across our communities and every industry we work in.
www.npr.org/transcripts/...
🖤 Join us and local unions on Sunday, February 1 at 5 pm outside the Minneapolis VA where a vigil will be held in honor of Alex Pretti.
RSVP and details 👇
www.mobilize.us/afge/event/8...
RSVP and details 👇
www.mobilize.us/afge/event/8...
AFGE: Join Us in Minneapolis for a Vigil to Honor Alex Pretti · American Federation of Government Employees (AFGE)
As we continue to mourn the loss of ICU nurse and fellow AFGE member Alex Pretti, we invite you to join us in Minneapolis for a vigil to honor Alex Pretti's life and legacy with NVAC, and AFGE Local 3...
www.mobilize.us
January 28, 2026 at 5:18 PM
🖤 Join us and local unions on Sunday, February 1 at 5 pm outside the Minneapolis VA where a vigil will be held in honor of Alex Pretti.
RSVP and details 👇
www.mobilize.us/afge/event/8...
RSVP and details 👇
www.mobilize.us/afge/event/8...
“...we’re trying to build the scaffold for resisting ICE,” Sheigh Freeberg, of Local 17 says. “... it is awesome that the union gets to be the reason that [residents] get to stay safe.”
@sarahlazare.bsky.social reporting with @workdaymagazine.bsky.social on a key way of organizing against ICE.
@sarahlazare.bsky.social reporting with @workdaymagazine.bsky.social on a key way of organizing against ICE.
How One Minnesota Union Is Helping Members Survive the Federal Siege
UNITE HERE Local 17 is one of many unions, community organizations and faith groups calling for a work stoppage tomorrow, showing a key way Minnesotans are organizing against ICE.
inthesetimes.com
January 27, 2026 at 10:01 PM
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The Working Class Fights Back in Minneapolis
On today’s Labor Radio Podcast Daily: Working People on mass resistance to ICE terror and why solidarity on the ground in Minneapolis matters nationwide. In labor history, pirate Henry Morgan outlines an early form of workers’ compensation and collecti
On today’s Labor Radio Podcast Daily: Working People on mass resistance to ICE terror and why solidarity on the ground in Minneapolis matters nationwide. In labor history, pirate Henry Morgan outlines an early form of workers’ compensation and collecti
The Working Class Fights Back in Minneapolis
On today’s Labor Radio Podcast Daily: Working People on mass resistance to ICE terror and why solidarity on the ground in Minneapolis matters nationwide. In labor history, pirate Henry Morgan outlines an early form of workers’ compensation and collective decision-making in 1695. Quote of the day: Samuel Gompers. @WorkingPod @wpfwdc @AFLCIO #1u #UnionStrong #LaborRadioPod Proud founding member of the Labor Radio Podcast Network. Produced by Chris Garlock, Patrick Dixon and Harold Phillips.
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January 27, 2026 at 2:00 AM
The Working Class Fights Back in Minneapolis
On today’s Labor Radio Podcast Daily: Working People on mass resistance to ICE terror and why solidarity on the ground in Minneapolis matters nationwide. In labor history, pirate Henry Morgan outlines an early form of workers’ compensation and collecti
On today’s Labor Radio Podcast Daily: Working People on mass resistance to ICE terror and why solidarity on the ground in Minneapolis matters nationwide. In labor history, pirate Henry Morgan outlines an early form of workers’ compensation and collecti
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Tomorrow, we will go to federal court to continue to fight for all evidence to be preserved for a full and transparent state investigation.
I am not asking for patience. My office is working around the clock on multiple incidents regarding federal agents' use-of-force.
I am not asking for patience. My office is working around the clock on multiple incidents regarding federal agents' use-of-force.
January 25, 2026 at 10:11 PM
Tomorrow, we will go to federal court to continue to fight for all evidence to be preserved for a full and transparent state investigation.
I am not asking for patience. My office is working around the clock on multiple incidents regarding federal agents' use-of-force.
I am not asking for patience. My office is working around the clock on multiple incidents regarding federal agents' use-of-force.
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AFSCME is heartbroken and outraged by the senseless murder of fellow union member Alex Jeffrey Pretti and the violence and intimidation enacted by this administration.
We will not let fear destroy the bonds that hold our communities together.
We will not let fear destroy the bonds that hold our communities together.
January 25, 2026 at 6:38 PM
AFSCME is heartbroken and outraged by the senseless murder of fellow union member Alex Jeffrey Pretti and the violence and intimidation enacted by this administration.
We will not let fear destroy the bonds that hold our communities together.
We will not let fear destroy the bonds that hold our communities together.
Disappointing to not see the words that have been ringing in our streets: ICE OUT NOW.
INBOX: 60+ CEOs of Minnesota-based company call for "an immediate deescalation of tensions and for state, local and federal officials to work together to find real solutions."
No mention of ICE in the letter.
No mention of ICE in the letter.
January 25, 2026 at 6:35 PM
Disappointing to not see the words that have been ringing in our streets: ICE OUT NOW.
Alex Jeffrey Pretti should still be alive. 🕯️ We lost another beloved neighbor today to ICE’s cruelty.
💔 Alex was our union sibling. He was a Veterans Affairs Hospital ICU Nurse and member of AFGE union. Alex Jeffrey Pretti was a brother, son, and Minnesotan. He should still be alive right now. 💔
💔 Alex was our union sibling. He was a Veterans Affairs Hospital ICU Nurse and member of AFGE union. Alex Jeffrey Pretti was a brother, son, and Minnesotan. He should still be alive right now. 💔
January 25, 2026 at 6:35 AM
Alex Jeffrey Pretti should still be alive. 🕯️ We lost another beloved neighbor today to ICE’s cruelty.
💔 Alex was our union sibling. He was a Veterans Affairs Hospital ICU Nurse and member of AFGE union. Alex Jeffrey Pretti was a brother, son, and Minnesotan. He should still be alive right now. 💔
💔 Alex was our union sibling. He was a Veterans Affairs Hospital ICU Nurse and member of AFGE union. Alex Jeffrey Pretti was a brother, son, and Minnesotan. He should still be alive right now. 💔
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America’s unions mourn the senseless killing by federal agents of our AFGE Local 3669 union brother and VA nurse Alex Jeffrey Pretti.
We reiterate our call for ICE to immediately leave Minnesota before anyone else is hurt or killed.
https://bit.ly/4pVTpFO
We reiterate our call for ICE to immediately leave Minnesota before anyone else is hurt or killed.
https://bit.ly/4pVTpFO
January 25, 2026 at 12:22 AM
America’s unions mourn the senseless killing by federal agents of our AFGE Local 3669 union brother and VA nurse Alex Jeffrey Pretti.
We reiterate our call for ICE to immediately leave Minnesota before anyone else is hurt or killed.
https://bit.ly/4pVTpFO
We reiterate our call for ICE to immediately leave Minnesota before anyone else is hurt or killed.
https://bit.ly/4pVTpFO
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“Just yesterday, tens of thousands of Minnesotans peacefully exercised our right to free speech without incident. When ICE is involved, nonviolent protesters and legal observers are gassed, assaulted, and shot." aflcio.mn/4abNrfk
#iceoutmn #iceout
#iceoutmn #iceout
Statement on ICE’s killing of AFGE member Alex Jeffrey Pretti
Minnesota AFL-CIO President Bernie Burnham made the following statement on ICE’s killing of Alex Jeffrey Pretti this morning in Minneapolis:“For the second time in less than three weeks, a Minnesotan…
aflcio.mn
January 24, 2026 at 11:14 PM
“Just yesterday, tens of thousands of Minnesotans peacefully exercised our right to free speech without incident. When ICE is involved, nonviolent protesters and legal observers are gassed, assaulted, and shot." aflcio.mn/4abNrfk
#iceoutmn #iceout
#iceoutmn #iceout