As Racism Plagues Health Care, Unions Offer A Treatment By Alex J. Rouhandeh, The American Prospect. November 23, 2020 As Racism Plagues Health Care, Unions Offer A Treatment2020-11-232020-11-23https://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2017/12/popres-shorter.pngPopularResistance.Orghttps://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2020/11/unions.jpg200px200px Above photo: Members of SEIU 1199 New England marched last summer to demand new laws to protect long-term caregivers and consumers, July 23, 2020, in Hartford, Connecticut. Jessica Hill/AP. Health care workers of color are twice as likely […]
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How Unions Can Lay The Ground For The Next Upsurge By Mark Meinster, Labor Notes. October 18, 2020 How Unions Can Lay The Ground For The Next Upsurge2020-10-182020-10-18https://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2017/12/popres-shorter.pngPopularResistance.Orghttps://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2020/10/labor.png200px200px Above photo: There are all kinds of moments in history where the right combination of forces could have moved in a way that caused an upsurge. Photos (clockwise from top left): Joe Brusky, United Electrical Workers, Joe Brusky, […]
Labor Unions File UN Complaint Over ‘Outrageous’ Violations Of Workers’ Rights By Kenny Stancil, Commondreams. October 8, 2020 Labor Unions File UN Complaint Over ‘Outrageous’ Violations Of Workers’ Rights2020-10-082020-10-08https://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2017/12/popres-shorter.pngPopularResistance.Orghttps://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2020/10/dept_of_labor.jpg200px200px Above photo: The U.S. Department of Labor building is pictured in Washington, D.C. on Thursday, April 2, 2020. Caroline Brehman/CQ-Roll Call, Inc. via Getty Images. Covid-19 “has demonstrated that not only is the U.S. violating workers’ rights, […]
Trade Unions Need New Strategies By Asbjørn Wahl, The Bullet. September 20, 2020 Trade Unions Need New Strategies2020-09-202020-09-20https://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2017/12/popres-shorter.pngPopularResistance.Orghttps://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2020/09/eulabor-e1600624918941.jpeg200px200px Above photo: RMT ( Rail, Maritime & Transport ) trade union joins CGT & other European rail unions in protest demonstration in 2008 Paris against EU railways privatisation. Trade unions are on the defensive all over the world, under immense pressure from strong economic and political forces. We are facing […]
Time For Unions To Give The Democratic Party An Ultimatum By Hamilton Nolan, In These Times. September 15, 2020 Time For Unions To Give The Democratic Party An Ultimatum2020-09-152020-09-15https://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2017/12/popres-shorter.pngPopularResistance.Orghttps://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2020/09/bidenunion-e1600173351445.jpg200px200px Above photo: Frederic J. Brown/ AFP via Getty Images. Money spent on organizing is always well spent. You can’t say the same about political donations. NOTE: For a long time, labor unions have supported the Democratic Party […]
The Queens Congresswoman raised the spectre of de-funding when she called the police departments “enforcement arms of the state with lethal weapons”. Leftwing Democratic Congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez has sailed into another tweetstorm with a virulent criticism of a police labour union that backed Republican President Donald Trump’s re-election bid. The Police Benevolent Association of New York City (PBA) gave its unprecedented endorsement to incumbent last Friday […]
Tenant Unions For The Future By Hannah Black, Dissent Magazine. August 19, 2020 Tenant Unions For The Future2020-08-192020-08-18https://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2017/12/popres-shorter.pngPopularResistance.Orghttps://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2020/08/tenant-activists-in-crown-heights-brooklyn-on-july-31-2020-by-scott-heins-for-getty-images-e1597809850742.jpg200px200px Above photo: Tenant activists in Crown Heights, Brooklyn, on July 31, 2020. Scott Heins for Getty Images. Calls to rent strike have yet to cohere into a national political movement. But as the economic crisis deepens, tenants’ fates will ultimately be decided by their level of collective organization. With […]
THIS IS HUGE!President Trump on Wednesday received the key endorsement from the National Association of Police Organizations. Mick McHale, National Association of Police Organizations President said Joe Biden would not even talk to the groups this week. This group endorsed Joe Biden in 2008 and 2012. YUGE: National Association of Police Organizations endorses Trump. “We particularly value your directing the Attorney General to aggressively prosecute those […]
Cops Off Campus And Out of Our Unions! By David Klassen, Spectre Journal. July 6, 2020 Cops Off Campus And Out of Our Unions!2020-07-062020-07-06https://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2017/12/popres-shorter.pngPopularResistance.Orghttps://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2020/07/police-face-off-with-protesters-from-sprectre-journal-e1594059121457.jpg200px200px Above photo: Police face off with protesters from Spectre Journal. I am writing this from NYC’s occupied City Hall listening to an abolitionist speech along with a larger crowd than I had thought possible. The occupation is a large and vibrant thing with a […]
AFL-CIO Leader Richard Trumka Defends Police Unions By Hamilton Nolan, In These Times. June 29, 2020 AFL-CIO Leader Richard Trumka Defends Police Unions2020-06-292020-06-29https://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2017/12/popres-shorter.pngPopularResistance.Orghttps://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2020/06/richard-trumka-has-defended-the-inclusion-of-police-unions-in-the-afl-cio.-by-alex-wong-via-getty-images-e1593466462699.jpg200px200px Above photo: Richard Trumka has defended the inclusion of police unions in the AFL-CIO. By Alex Wong via Getty Images. As the AFL-CIO struggles with a growing debate over its alignment with police unions, the disagreement inside of the labor coalition itself is becoming more […]
Contra Costa County District Attorney Diana Becton, during a 2018 press conference. She and other prosecutors want DAs to reconsider taking campaign money from police unions. Rich Pedroncelli/AP hide caption toggle caption Rich Pedroncelli/AP Contra Costa County District Attorney Diana Becton, during a 2018 press conference. She and other prosecutors want DAs to reconsider taking campaign money from police unions. Rich Pedroncelli/AP The growing calls for […]
French prison residents and law enforcement agents have been exposed to COVID-19 from the outset of the pandemic due to irresponsible actions of the French authorities, argue trade unionists Samuel Gauthier and Noam Anouar. On 9 June 2020, Chief Prosecutor of Paris Remy Heitz launched an investigation into the French state’s handling of the coronavirus outbreak, considering possible charges including involuntary homicide, endangering life and failure […]
Signs outside the boarded-up entrance to AFL-CIO headquarters in Washington, D.C. read “Black Lives Matter” and “Criminal Justice Reform Now.” Smaller white signs are now attached to them reading: “HEY AFL-CIO, The Posters Are Nice, But If You Believed It You Would KICK THE POLICE UNIONS OUT.” Patrick Semansky/AP hide caption toggle caption Patrick Semansky/AP Signs outside the boarded-up entrance to AFL-CIO headquarters in Washington, D.C. […]
Police Unions: It’s Time To Change The Law And End The Abuse By Benjamin Sachs, On Labor. June 6, 2020 Police Unions: It’s Time To Change The Law And End The Abuse2020-06-062020-06-06https://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2017/12/popres-shorter.pngPopularResistance.Orghttps://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2020/06/1599px-george_floyd_protest_columbus-e1591451201215.jpg200px200px Collective action is the source of working people’s power. It is the source of the labor movement’s power. It is the source of power that has enabled workers to secure – through unionization and […]
No More Cop Unions By Kim Kelly, The New Republic. May 30, 2020 No More Cop Unions2020-05-302020-05-30https://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2017/12/popres-shorter.pngPopularResistance.Orghttps://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2020/05/pls-e1590851272376.jpeg200px200px Abolishing police unions should be part of the broader fight to defund, demilitarize, and ultimately dismantle the U.S. police force. When Derek Chauvin of the Minneapolis Police Department killed 46-year-old George Floyd in cold blood last week, he showed the world exactly what kind of man he is. Chauvin […]
Moscow won’t fail to take note of the White House decision to completely exclude the Soviet Union from its message marking Victory in Europe Day, the Foreign Ministry said, calling the act a “distortion” of World War II history. “The US officials have found neither the courage nor the desire to … do justice to the indisputable role of the Red Army and of the Soviet […]