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| ICE OUT OF MINNESOTA DAY OF TRUTH & FREEDOM JANUARY 23 No work! No school! No shopping! Seattle area solidarity actions: MLK Labor passed this resolution for solidarity with Minnesota pursuant with OWLS’ campaign to educate and build for a general strike. It calls for solidarity with Minnesota in their “powerful unified statewide action on January 23, 2026, known as the Day of Truth and Freedom, and are calling for No Work, School, or Shopping on that day.” This resolution urges union affiliates, members, and the broader community to show their support for Minnesota labor by participating in synchronized solidarity worksite and school actions at 12:00 noon on January 23, 2026, to coincide with the beginning of a mass march called by labor in Minneapolis at 2:00pm Central Time. Such actions may include scheduling lunch and break times for noon sidewalk sign-waving, whistle-blowing, or other worksite solidarity actions to express our unity. See below for the full resolution. Plan for how your coworkers can show solidarity at noon on Friday, and spread the word! If you can’t do any of these things, at least make a sign expressing solidarity with Minnesota and take a selfie with it. Share with OWLS via email or post to social media with these hash tags: #Sea2MinnSolidarity, #GeneralStrike, #ICEOut. ICE Out for Good: Seattle Downtown – MN Solidarity Day of Action Friday, January 23, 2026 11:30am – 1:30am Henry M. Jackson Federal Building Plaza 915 2nd Ave, Seattle. Organized by Troublemakers and Defund Musk in collaboration with a number of other Seattle area organizations. Seattle Stands with Minneapolis: ICE Out for Good Friday, January 23, 20266 p.m. Henry M. Jackson Federal Building Plaza 915 2nd Ave, Seattle. Organized by Socialist Alternative, PSL, DSA, Seattle Caucus of Rank and File Educators, 50501 WA, SAARPR, and others. Mark your calendars: Tuesday, January 27, 2026 at 6:30pm, OWLS general meeting: Solidarity with Minneapolis General Strike! • Reports on solidarity actions from cities around the country • Lessons from Minnesota to prepare for ICE escalations in Washington Defend Somali daycare providers against racist rightwing attacks • Hear from Somali childcare workers and strategize how to build broad community support. Washington State Labor Council Offices 321 16th Ave. S, Seattle RESOLUTION IN SOLIDARITY WITH THE MINNESOTA LABOR MOVEMENT’S JANUARY 23, DAY OF TRUTH AND FREEDOM AGAINST ICE (submitted and passed by MLK Labor Council) WHEREAS, the Minnesota labor movement is united against the violent ICE occupation of their cities, which has directly impacted union members, workplaces, and families; and WHEREAS, the Minneapolis Regional Labor Federation has issued a statement declaring: “Workers are essential for our communities to function. Since the ICE campaign of terror began, both immigrant and non-immigrant workers have feared for their safety when going to work, being at work, and coming home from work. Union members and our families are being illegally detained at alarming rates, with workplaces and schools facing increased challenges”; and WHEREAS, the Minneapolis Regional Labor Federation, AFL-CIO, along with regional bodies throughout Minnesota—including the Saint Paul Regional Labor Federation, the West Area Labor Council, the North East Area Labor Council, and the East Central Labor Council—have joined in solidarity to endorse a powerful unified statewide action on January 23, 2026, known as the Day of Truth and Freedom, and are calling for No Work, School, or Shopping on that day; and WHEREAS such coordinated labor actions represent a legitimate and historic expression of collective resistance to policies that terrorize immigrant communities and undermine the safety, dignity, and rights of all workers; now, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, that MLK Labor stands in solidarity with our siblings in Minnesota and supports their January 23rd Day of Truth and Freedom, which sets a powerful example for unions across the country on how to resist Trump’s occupation and stop it from spreading to other locales; BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that MLK Labor urges its affiliates, their members, and the broader community to show their support for Minnesota labor by participating in synchronized solidarity worksite and school actions at 12:00 noon on January 23, 2026, to coincide with the beginning of a mass march called by labor in Minneapolis at 2:00 p.m. Central Time. Such actions may include scheduling lunch and break times for noon sidewalk sign-waving, whistle-blowing, or other worksite solidarity actions to express our unity; and BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that MLK Labor leadership hold a news conference to publicize this call and to send a loud and clear message that Washington State stands with Minnesota. OWLS is an open, multiracial multi-generational organization of labor activists formed to forge solidarity across union lines, revive labor’s fighting spirit, and promote the unionization of all workers, especially the lowest paid. OrganizedWorkersLS@gmail.com – facebook.com/OrganizedWorkers – OrganizedWorkers.org 206-953-5601 • PO Box 94614 Seattle, WA 98124 |
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Monthly Archives: January 2026
Minnesota Labor calls for No Work, No School, No shopping on Jan. 23
https://www.facebook.com/minneapolisunions/videos/1389226135633780
Above is a link to the press conference held by the Minneapolis Regional Labor Federation to announce their decision to back the call to action for January 23, “Day of Truth and Freedom, No Work, No School No Shopping” ICE OUT OF MINNESOTA!. They represent over 170 local unions in the region and over 80,000 workers.
Below is a link to the workshop, hosted by A Philip Randolph Institute, Organized Workers for Labor Solidarity, and Seattle Rideshare Drivers Association on Mobilizing Workers Untapped Power to Stop Trump, held for the Martin Luther King Day of Celebration on January 19, Seattle, WA. It includes a call to solidarity with Minneapolis and Minnesota on January 23rd.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IEOBwd0Kdik
Mobilize workers’ un-tapped power to stop Trump
Martin Luther King Jr. Day Workshop
January 19, 2025, 9:30am
Garfield High School, 400 23rd Ave. S., Seattle
Mobilize workers’ un-tapped power to stop Trump:
Lessons from the 1968 Memphis Sanitation Strike and beyond
Centering the inspiring lessons from the historic 1968 coming together of Black Civil Rights and labor leadership in a powerful force for change, this workshop will explore how workers of all colors can unite today to use their power, including a General Strike. Speakers will engage participants in discussion of organizing strategies to reverse cuts to education, SNAP, healthcare and other vital programs, and to stop the Trump regime’s racist attacks on DEI and immigrants, trans rights and reproductive freedom.
Speakers: Gabriel Prawl, President of A. Philip Randolph Institute, Seattle Chapter; Ahmed Mumin, Executive Director of the Seattle Rideshare Drivers Association; Linda Averill, shop steward in Amalgamated Transit Union, Local 587; Salvador Castillo, leader in Wash. Federation of State Employees, Local 1495; Mahailah Adams, young activist and service worker in a non-union shop.
Hosted by: A Philip Randolph Institute, Seattle Chapter; Organized Workers for Labor Solidarity; Seattle Rideshare Drivers Association.
Also join the Organize for a General Strike! contingent afterwards. Gather in front of Garfield High School. Look for the banner. Wear your union colors! Invite your union siblings and co-workers, and everyone else too!