Democratic Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz’s department of labor in 2023 approved a six-figure contract to a group that has aggressively advocated defunding the police to promote a labor law he signed last year.

The Minnesota Department of Labor and Industry in 2023 approved a $100,000 contract to Centro De Trabajadores Unidos En La Lucha (CTUL) to “increase worker knowledge and understanding” of the earned sick and safe time law Walz signed, state records show. CTUL has an extensive history of anti-police activism, ranging from participation in the 2020 demonstrations over the death of George Floyd to a campaign it’s currently running to siphon funding away from law enforcement and into “social programs,” per materials published by the organization.

CTUL’s office, located a block away from where Floyd died, was a “hub of protest” during the demonstrations over his death, according to Dissent Magazine. Members of the organization handed out food, water and masks to protestors, with some CTUL activists participating in the protests themselves.

Valentina McKenzie, an organizer with CTUL, spoke at one such protest, complaining that police were not doing enough to stop “wage theft” from “black and brown bodies” while wearing a “#Defund Police” t-shirt, according to a Facebook post.