More than 1,000 AFSCME Council 5 members from across Minnesota turned the state Capitol green Tuesday, March 20, for Day on the Hill.
Chanting “Whose Freedom? Our Freedom!” workers stood up for their freedom to form strong unions and to speak up for themselves, their families and their communities. Members visited their own senators and representatives to help shape a legislative agenda that respects hardworking Minnesotans.
Big corporations and wealthy extremists want to strip away decades of union progress.
“They’re here, and they’re going to take our freedom,” said Council 5 executive director John P. Westmoreland. “If you stay home, it’s done. If you don’t vote to protect your rights and freedoms, it’s done. If you don’t stand up, you’ve just desecrated everything everybody else died to earn and protect.”
