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Cops Out of Our Unions

Rank 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, 2020

Why 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, 2020

Auto 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, 2020

Cop “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, 2020

Expel 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.

No 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, 2020

Healthcare 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.

“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, 2020

Don’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.