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"On June 16th nearly the entire staff on shift at Seward Co-op’s Franklin Ave. store in Minneapolis walked out for a 9 minute work stoppage to mourn the murder of George Floyd and to stand in solidarity with the #JusticeForGeorgeFloyd protests erupting around the world. Nine minutes is the length of time George Floyd suffocated under MPD officer Derek Chauvin’s knee.This was an effort led entirely by rank and file workers. With our action we also hoped to encourage the Seward Co-op to announce it’s support for dismantling the Minneapolis Police Department and called on the leadership of UFCW Local 663 (our union) to demand immediate resignation of the police union’s president, Bob Kroll, who is openly bigoted and racist. I was a part of the core group who organized the work stoppage...." Read full article: https://oaklandsocialist.com/2020/06/18/grocery-workers-walk-off-in-solidarity-with-justiceforgeorgefloyd/ -- *“Science and socialism go hand-in-hand.” *Felicity Dowling Check out:https:http://oaklandsocialist.com also on Facebook _________________________________________________________ Full posting guidelines at: http://www.marxmail.org/sub.htm Set your options at: https://lists.csbs.utah.edu/options/marxism/archive%40mail-archive.com
