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AFLCIO planning a coup?

Jacobin Magazine is reporting in an article titled:  A General Strike to Stop Trump? Some Unions Are Saying It’s Time. "The Rochester, New York labor council recently resolved to “prepare for and enact a general strike of all working people” if Trump tries to steal the election. The rest of the labor movement needs to pay attention — labor can help stop an authoritarian power grab if unions start making plans right now.... " In late September, AFL-CIO president Richard Trumka  asserted that   labor should “stand ready to do our part to ensure his defeat in this election is followed by his removal from office.” And on October 8, the labor council in Rochester, New York resolved to call “on the National AFL-CIO, all of its affiliate unions, and all other labor organizations in the United States of America to prepare for and enact a general strike of all working people, if necessary, to ensure a Constitutionally mandated peaceful transition of power as a result of the 2020 P...

Why did rioters burn DC AFLCIO Building and not Teamsters DC Offices?

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Rioters burned the AFLCIO building in Washington DC , it was ransacked and burned. Why?  The AFLCIO has been known to side with left leaning labor causes. Perhaps that wasn't enough for the mob. Yet nearby is the Teamsters building. Why was this untouched? Or more appropriately untorched? Possibly because much of ANTIFA are Teamsters! No? Look no further than Teamsters 320 in Minneapolis. Their Communications and Legislative Director is Gus Froemke . Gus proudly refers to himself on his website " A New Country Forward ," as a supporter of the Democratic Socialists of America (DSA) and has their symbol and a link to their website. In the DSA 'About Us' link under Article II PURPOSE they state, "We are socialists because we reject an economic order based on private profit...' Many of the DSA folk are ANTIFA. They were one of the main groups rioting and burning our cities.  They even encourage their members to get involved with their Anti Fascist Working G...