Natascha Elena Uhlmann at LaborNotes reports 10 National Unions and dozens of Locals representing more than three million Members have issued a joint statement demanding the release of Immigrant Workers recently snatched by ICE (Immigration and Customs Enforcement). The statement names: Farm Worker Union Leader Alfredo “Lelo” Juarez, who was picked up in what appears to be blatant retaliation for his organizing; Service Employees International Union (SEIU) Local 925 Member Lewelyn Dixon, a University of Washington Lab Technician detained on her way home from visiting family; SEIU Local 509 Member Rumeysa Ozturk, a graduate student whose detention by Federal Agents was captured in chilling footage; Sheet Metal Worker Kilmar Armando Abrego Garcia, a SMART (Sheet Metal, Air, Rail and Transportation Workers Union) Local 100 Apprentice who was sent to El Salvador’s notorious prison complex; and United Auto Workers (UAW) Local 2710 Member Mahmoud Khalil, abducted by Federal Agents in front of his eight-months-pregnant wife. The Unions are also calling on employers, university administrators, and local governments to refuse to cooperate- and demand Elected Officials “find their spines.” Trump is reprising tactics from other times in U.S. history when “the government was actively suppressing protest and dissent,” said Carl Rosen, the President of the United Electrical Workers (UE).

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