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‘Day of Truth and Freedom’ in Minneapolis and Across the Nation
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 Jan. 23, 2026 | COLLECTIVE ACTION | (Click strike tracker map to enlarge.) By noon, tens of thousands of workers are expected to gather in downtown Minneapolis for what labor leaders are carefully calling a “Day of Truth and Freedom”—careful because “general strike” is a phrase that carries legal consequences in a country where such actions are functionally illegal, where union contracts forbid them, where the mere declaration can trigger lawsuits that drain treasuries. But whatever euphemism is deployed, the reality is plain: this could be among the largest coordinated labor stoppages in modern American history, and it is spreading… While federation leadership endorsed the walkout, some union bureaucracies moved to contain it. Teamsters Local 638 circulated warnings that participation would breach collective bargaining agreements. UPS workers, facing their own rank-and-file pressure, have said publicly they will walk anyway. The split between union leadership’s strategic caution and rank-and-file militancy is a familiar story in American labor history… Payday Report
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