The Brazilian federal police officer immediately started joking with me, “What do you think, we were gonna throw you in jail? We’re not ICE, we’re Brazilians.”

Not only was Brooks ousted from office, but court documents filed in federal court revealed that he repeatedly lied to the union members about efforts to purge union democracy activists.

Following the success of the Minnesota General Strike and the January 30th Shutdown, labor leaders are warming towards a General Strike on May 1st.

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