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Omaha Steve

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Thu Aug 28, 2025, 07:11 PM Thursday

Chicago Teamsters, backed by mayor, want ICE blocked without warrants in strike fight


https://www.foxnews.com/politics/chicago-teamsters-backed-mayor-want-ice-barred-without-warrants-strike-fight

Mayor Brandon Johnson reportedly backed the move, calling Trump a 'dictator'
By Charles Creitz Fox News

Published August 27, 2025 2:59pm EDT | Updated August 27, 2025 4:39pm EDT

A Chicago Teamsters local is demanding a packaging company refuse to allow federal immigration enforcement on its property without warrants as a top tenet of its overall demands.

The workers are seeking assurances from Mauser Packaging Solutions that it will require ICE to display a warrant signed by a judge before it is allowed on the property.

The strike at Mauser's plant in the heavily Hispanic "Little Village" neighborhood has lasted more than two months, and the Teamsters Local 705 negotiator recently refused the factory’s latest offer, according to multiple reports.

About 140 people work at the plant, which reconditions metal barrels for chemical storage, and a plurality are Latino, according to the American Prospect.

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