"They argued that a freeze on rents is desperately needed after "nearly three months of federal occupation" under President Donald Trump's "Operation Metro Surge," which sent nearly 3,000 Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and other immigration agents to the area, resulting in multiple fatal shootings and a wave of civil rights violations, including explicit racial profiling."
"Beginning on March 1, if Democratic Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz does not meet their urgent demands for an eviction moratorium and rent relief, a coalition of nearly 26,000 workers has pledged to withhold rent, which they said could create a massive economic disruption."
"The plans were announced on Tuesday by the tenants union Twin Cities Tenants, which is joined by five labor unions: Service Employees International Union ( SEIU) Local 26, SEIU Healthcare Minnesota/Iowa, UNITE HERE Local 17, the Amalgamated Transit Union (ATU) 1005, and Communication Workers of America (CWA) 7250."
Tenant and labor unions in Minneapolis and St. Paul announced plans for a coordinated rent strike potentially beginning March 1 unless Gov. Tim Walz delivers an eviction moratorium and rent relief. A coalition of nearly 26,000 workers, including Twin Cities Tenants and five labor unions, pledged to withhold rent, warning of major economic disruption. Organizers cite nearly three months of federal immigration enforcement under "Operation Metro Surge," the deployment of roughly 3,000 ICE and immigration agents, multiple fatal shootings, and alleged civil rights violations and racial profiling. Organizers say the militarized presence has imposed a painful economic toll on poor and working-class tenants.
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