Cops Out of Our Unions
NYPD Union Endorsed Donald Trump
The cops are with Trump. But Biden’s not their enemy.
Tatum Regan
August 19, 2020Rank and File to SEIU: Drop the Cops!
Part of a growing national movement, rank and file SEIU members are calling on their union to disaffiliate from the police.
Left Voice
August 1, 2020Why and How SEIU Members Are Calling on Our Union to Expel Cops
The recent uprisings against the police have compelled workers to take a look at their own associations with cops through union membership. Rank-and-file members of SEIU have begun a campaign to Drop the Cops in order to kick cops out of their union.
Labor Notes
July 12, 2020Auto Workers Stop Work on Juneteenth to Honor George Floyd
The United Auto Workers (UAW) stopped work for eight minutes and forty six seconds on Friday to honor George Floyd. This work stoppage represents the first intervention by the UAW in the current movement.
Left Voice
June 19, 2020Cop “Unions”: Their Real Function and Role
Police are not workers; they are the armed force of the bosses and have no place in the labor movement.
Scott Cooper
June 13, 2020Expel the Enemy From Within: Cops Out of Our Unions and Hospitals
As clinical and nonclinical rank-and-file healthcare workers, we recognize that cops and their brutalism are endemic to the capitalist state. We demand that police are immediately expelled from our unions and healthcare settings.
Socialist Healthcare Workers
June 12, 2020No Pigs Allowed: Let’s Kick Cops Out of Our Unions
The call to remove police unions from labor confederations and working-class organizations is gaining renewed force as hundreds of thousands rise up against racist police brutality.
Juan Cruz Ferre
June 9, 2020Healthcare Workers: From “Heroes” to Targets of Police Repression
After months of being praised by NYC politicians as “heroes” in the “battle against Covid-19,” we as healthcare workers of NYC are now being attacked and arrested by the city for fighting against another deadly global pandemic: the police.
Take Back the Bronx
June 8, 2020“They Are Cracking Down Like This Because They Are Scared of the Movement”: Doctor Arrested by NYPD Speaks Out
Left Voice editor, doctor, and street medic Mike Pappas was arrested for violating curfew on Thursday night while marching against police brutality. He made this video at 2am Friday morning after he was released.
Mike Pappas
June 6, 2020Don’t Fall for the Copaganda: They’ll Take A Knee, Then Tear Gas Thousands
Cops in cities across the U.S. are marching in protests and taking a knee in “solidarity” before continuing to attack demonstrators. These empty acts of “copaganda” obscure the racist violence of the police, and serve to diffuse the protests.
Tatiana Cozzarelli
June 3, 2020