Labor Leaders Mourn Alex Prettii as General Strike Calls Build
“Our union is heartbroken. An AFGE member is dead. And a family’s life has been forever changed,” said AFGE union President Everett Kelley.
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Mike Elk
Mike Elk is an Emmy-nominated labor reporter. He founded Payday Report using his NLRB settlement from being illegally fired in the union drive at Politico in 2015. Email him at melk@paydayreport.com
Alex Pretti Was a Union Member - Another General Strike Now Likely - NBA Game Cancellation Could Spur Player Walkout Again
Alex Pretti was an ICE nurse at the Minneapolis VA and, according to AFGE, a union member of AFGE Local 3669.
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Over 700 Minnesota Businesses Closed - 300 Solidarity Actions Nationwide - Pittsburghers Occupy a Target
Could this be the first of many General Strikes across the United States?
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Minnesota Labor Leaders Talk Organizing Lessons as Strike Movement Goes National
“Flexibility is important. I also think having initiative and decentralizing the campaign, letting different people put their own sort of stamp on it, is just a normal way movements exist,” says Knutson.
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MAP: Minneapolis General Strike Movement Spreads to 300 Cities on Friday
At least 300 cities plan to held solidarity actions with the Minneapolis General Strike.
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