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Labor For Democracy and its member unions are demanding:

• For state officials in Minnesota to conduct a state investigation;

• For Congress to conduct a full and transparent investigation of the unlawful actions of the federal government and their agents;

• Prosecution of DHS leadership and federal agents who violated the law and trampled on Constitutional rights; and

• Immediate Congressional hearings by both the House and Senate Committees on Homeland Security.

The federal government’s assault on basic democratic rights is part of the Trump Administration’s “National Security Memorandum Taskforce,” established to target progressive and anti-authoritarian/anti-fascist forces and accuse them of “domestic terrorism” in order to try to repress legitimate protest of the many unpopular policies of the administration.

“This surveillance campaign is part and parcel of the Trump Administration’s ongoing efforts to demonize working people and distract from his many failures as president,” said Carl Rosen, convenor of Labor for Democracy and retired general president of the United Electrical, Radio and Machine Workers of America (UE). 

“The federal government’s actions in Minnesota — and their surveillance of unions more generally — are an attack on everyone who believes in the right to free speech, the right to peaceful assembly and the right to organize,” he continued. “Labor for Democracy stands with Minnesota’s unions in their fight for transparency and justice from the federal government.”

Working People Deserve to Make It Home Alive, Not Live in Fear of ICE

Statement by Labor for Democracy

July 16, 2026

Labor for Democracy (L4D), a network composed of labor unions and allied organizations, condemns in the strongest sense the murder of two men simply trying to get to work to support their families. Lorenzo Salgado Araujo was killed at the hands of Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) on July 7, 2026 in Houston and Johan Sebastian Guerrero was shot by ICE on July 13, 2026 in Biddeford, ME.

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Virtual press conference featuring labor leaders from NNU, FUN, NEA, UFCW and UE.

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View statement: https://www.nationalnursesunited.org/press/nnu-statement-responding-to-va-collective-bargaining-agreement-termination

View Statement: https://www.afge.org/publication/largest-veteran-affairs-employee-union-outraged-after-secretary-collins-terminates-afge-collective-bargaining-agreement/

“Carl Rosen, president of United Electrical, Radio and Machine Workers of America, says a new formation called Labor for Democracy brought together 15 national unions and hundreds of locals and regions to back the No Kings Day protests, recognizing ​“that the labor movement has a special role to play in defending democracy in our country.” 

Read full article here: https://inthesetimes.com/article/no-kings-left-coalition-building-immigration-workers

Article in The Nation: https://www.thenation.com/article/activism/federal-unionists-network-fun-may-day-rally/