USA: Interview with Chelsie Glaubitz Gabiou, President of the Minneapolis Regional Labor Federation AFL-CIO

About this episode

The episode features an interview with Chelsie Glaubitz Gabiou discussing the upcoming protests in Minneapolis against ICE actions and the role of unions.

Tomorrow (23 January) will see trade unionists and other citizens of Minneapolis shutting the city down in protest at the actions of Donald Trump's ICE thugs. People won't go to work, they won't shop, their kids won't go to school. Chelsie will be in the thick of it and in this short interview we talked about what's happening in Minneapolis, the role of the unions and her thoughts on how people elsewhere in the world might show their solidarity. It's an inspiring story and d...

People in this episode

Host: Eric Lee

Guest: Chelsie Glaubitz Gabiou

Topics covered

• labor rights
• protest
• union solidarity
• politics
• Minneapolis

Keywords

• Minneapolis
• labor federation
• protest
• Donald Trump
• ICE
• union solidarity
• Chelsie Glaubitz Gabiou

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Minneapolis Regional Labor Federation AFL-CIO, ICE

Places: Minneapolis

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