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Southern California SEIU Caucuses Call On AFL-CIO to Kick Out Police Union
THURSDAY, NOV 3, 2016
Southern California SEIU Caucuses Call On AFL-CIO to Kick Out Police Union
BY MARIO VASQUEZ
In July 2015, the University of Californias student-workers union, United Auto Workers (UAW) 2865, passed a resolution calling on the AFL-CIO to terminate the membership of the International Union of Police Associations (IUPA).
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The AFL-CIO did not officially comment on the resolution, but Carmen Berkley, the federations director of civil, human and womens rights, told Buzzfeeds Cora Lewis in January:
When asked about Berkleys remarks, Taiwo tells In These Times, Shes posing the issue as if what it isis theres individual victims of police violence and individual perpetrators of police that need to sit down and have a mediation.
If what theyre for is protecting the ruling class, then its not an issue of mediation. Its not an issue of reconciling individual differences or healing individual acts of violence, Taiwo says. Its an issue of reconciling our union structures with what were trying to fight for as unions.
Wallace says that as long as police side with bosses on the picket line and police unions unequivocally [defend] the police murdering people then they should not be members of labor organizations.
They can defend themselves just fine. Their pensions arent challenged, their healthcare benefits arent cut, their raises continue to happen and ours are always on the chopping block, Wallace says. Ours are always in question and theres a reason for that. Its because they defend the wealthy.
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http://inthesetimes.com/working/entry/19593/southern_california_seiu_caucuses_call_on_afl-cio_to_kick_out_police_unionSouthern California SEIU Caucuses Call On AFL-CIO to Kick Out Police Union
BY MARIO VASQUEZ
In July 2015, the University of Californias student-workers union, United Auto Workers (UAW) 2865, passed a resolution calling on the AFL-CIO to terminate the membership of the International Union of Police Associations (IUPA).
<snip>
The AFL-CIO did not officially comment on the resolution, but Carmen Berkley, the federations director of civil, human and womens rights, told Buzzfeeds Cora Lewis in January:
We are not in the business of kicking people out of unions ... What we are in the business of is having conversations with our law enforcement brothers and sisters about how they can have different practices ... I do think theres a lot of reconciliation that needs to happen between communities of color and law enforcement, and we want to be the bridge that helps them get there.
When asked about Berkleys remarks, Taiwo tells In These Times, Shes posing the issue as if what it isis theres individual victims of police violence and individual perpetrators of police that need to sit down and have a mediation.
If what theyre for is protecting the ruling class, then its not an issue of mediation. Its not an issue of reconciling individual differences or healing individual acts of violence, Taiwo says. Its an issue of reconciling our union structures with what were trying to fight for as unions.
Wallace says that as long as police side with bosses on the picket line and police unions unequivocally [defend] the police murdering people then they should not be members of labor organizations.
They can defend themselves just fine. Their pensions arent challenged, their healthcare benefits arent cut, their raises continue to happen and ours are always on the chopping block, Wallace says. Ours are always in question and theres a reason for that. Its because they defend the wealthy.
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Southern California SEIU Caucuses Call On AFL-CIO to Kick Out Police Union (Original Post)
kristopher
Nov 2016
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geek tragedy
(68,868 posts)1. cop unions are opposed to government accountability and civil rights
hard to see what rightful place they have in the labor movement, they're more interested in protecting the right of cops to mow down unarmed people of color than they are in promoting anything resembling justice or progress
kristopher
(29,798 posts)2. Too many people forget the roots of the labor movement...
... and what "hard fought" really means.
For example: The Battle of Blair Mountain
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Blair_Mountain