“I was tackled, I was pepper-sprayed, I was detained [while] exercising a First Amendment right,” Huerta, a prominent California labor leader, told HuffPost in an interview this week. “Should we use a general strike as a tool? “And unless we’re willing to be bold, we’re going to find ourselves out of that equation… So should we use a general strike as a tool? Among them is Shawn Fain, president of the United Auto Workers union, which arranged for its members’ contracts with Ford, General Motors and Stellantis to end on that date. I think labor has to ask… what are we willing to risk as a means to protect families and to make change?”

Source: Huffington Post February 13, 2026 15:46 UTC