Twin Cities Unions Planning ‘Largest US Rent Strike in 100+ Years’ as ICE Occupation Drives Eviction Crisis

Terrorized By ICE, Unable to Pay Rent, Minnesotans Are Getting Ready for a Rent Strike

A tenant organizing push in the Twin Cities has support from labor unions representing more than 25,000 workers.

MN Unions Vow Largest Rent Strike in 100 Years Amid ICE-Fueled Eviction Crisis

Tenant and labor unions in Minneapolis and St. Paul have announced plans to carry out what they said would be the “largest rent strike in the United States in the last 100 years.” Beginning on March 1, if Democratic Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz does not meet their urgent demands for an eviction moratorium and rent relief, a coalition of nearly 26,000 workers has pledged to withhold rent… Source

Labor backs coming tenant strike in Minneapolis

MINNEAPOLIS—A coalition of labor unions and tenant unions in Minneapolis and St. Paul has announced a massive rent strike drive set to begin March 1. Organizers here are calling it the largest rent strike in nearly a century. They are continuing their demands from the statewide shutdown on Jan 23, particularly ICE out of Minnesota, and also demanding that Minnesota Governor Tim Walz immediately enact a statewide eviction moratorium and allocate …

Twin Cities Unions Planning ‘Largest US Rent Strike in 100+ Years’ as ICE Occupation Drives Eviction Crisis

Renters in Minnesota who've been afraid to go to work due to ICE thuggery and allies in labor plan a historic rent strike

Unions announce historic Twin Cities rent strike demanding eviction moratorium, $50M rent relief

Twin Cities Tenants Union | Minneapolis, MN-- Today labor and tenant unions in Minneapolis and St. Paul announced a March 1 rent strike drive, calling on Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz to immediately declare an eviction moratorium and the state legislature to establish a $50 million rent relief fund.  Representing more than 25,900 workers, these five…

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