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Virginia AFL-CIO Statement on Justice for George Floyd

Virginia AFL-CIO Brothers & Sisters, Please view our statement on Justice for George Floyd and Our Response to the Events of the Past Few Days below. Virginia AFL-CIO Statement on Justice for George Floyd and Our Response to the Events of the Past Few Days Brothers & Sisters, America is in a state of unrest, Virginia […]

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Pride at Work National Statement: ‘Black Lives Matter. George Floyd Should Be Alive’

Pride at Work National Statement Black Lives Matter. George Floyd Should Be Alive. WASHINGTON – People around the world watched in horror as the life slowly drained from George Floyd while a police officer held his knee on his neck and George and others pleaded for his life. In the wake of this tragedy and […]

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Statement of United Auto Workers President Rory Gamble on George Floyd Death

UAW International Union I want to send a message to the family of George Floyd. I cannot begin to imagine what you are going through in these hours after your son’s tragic and needless death. As a father and grandfather, I want to personally extend my most heartfelt sympathy to your family. Sadly, he is […]

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Teamsters Statement on the Murder of George Floyd

Teamsters The following is a statement from James P. Hoffa, Teamsters General President, and Marcus King, Director of the Teamsters Human Rights and Diversity Commission. “This past week marked another tragic time in our nation’s history with the murder of George Floyd in Minneapolis. Unfortunately, this is just the latest incident of an unwarranted police […]

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Statement from American Federations of Teachers Officers on the Killing of George Floyd

AFT – American Federation of Teachers AFT President Randi Weingarten, Secretary-Treasurer Lorretta Johnson and Executive Vice President Evelyn DeJesus issued the following statement after the death of George Floyd, a black resident of St. Louis Park, Minn. Floyd was handcuffed and pinned to the ground by a local police officer’s knee, and later died. Following […]

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Trumka on AFL-CIO Building and Justice for George Floyd

AFL-CIO My heart is heavy at the events of the past few days. I watched the video of George Floyd pleading for his life under the knee of a Minneapolis police officer. No person of conscience can hear Floyd’s cries for help and not understand that something is deeply wrong in America. What happened to […]

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Mass Rally in Minneapolis June 1 (UniCorn Riot Coverage)

  We are live from a protest in front of the Minnesota governor’s residence. Thousands are gathered in front of the Saint Paul mansion seeking justice for George Floyd. Earlier families gathered to share stories of their loved ones killed by police — https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=edeF0f84pM8 For more of our coverage on police killings — https://unicornriot.ninja/category/police/