Ask a worker organizer in Minneapolis what their rapid response network looks like and then ask an anti-ICE organizer in the same city the same question. You’ll get nearly identical answers: encrypted group chats, trained volunteers, interpersonal connections, and the ability to mobilize quickly when something happens. That’s not a coincidence.
Abby Frerick, NIWR’s Paul H. Tobias Attorney Fellow. Frerick draws out those parallels in concrete and actionable terms. For attorneys who represent workers on either side of this intersection—or who are thinking about how to deepen their engagement with the communities they serve—this read is illuminating.
Read Abby’s blog on the Emergency Workplace Organizing Committee’s (EWOC) website.
