IN PROTEST

A rally was held on Wednesday, March 26, 2025 outside the VA at E 54th St and Minnehaha Ave. Gov. Walz and Mayor Frey spoke to about 400 protesters about President Trump's threats to VA staff and medical care. Elected officials, AFGE leaders, and labor allies highlighted dangers of Trump and Elon Musk’s plan to eliminate 83,000 VA jobs and push the system toward privatization. MN AFL-CIO and American Federation of Government Employees (AFGE) District 8 have also attended the Hands Off rallies at the Minnesota State Capitol and across the state. They have been picketing regularly in front of the Minneapolis Federal Building. Labor unions representing federal government workers across the country are suing "the Trump administration over the president’s attempt to override the law through executive order and strip more than one million federal government employees of their union rights," according to the AFGE website. (Photo by Terry Faust)