WorkWeek On Police Unions, Police Terror, The AFL-CIO And Labor

WorkWeek on 6/26/2020 looks at the struggle in the labor movement about the role of police in the unions.

A campaign is now taking place to remove police unions from the AFL-CIO. We interview past ILWU Local 52 president & A. Philip Randolph Seattle Chapter president Gabriel Prawl and Seattle
ILWU Local 19 member Leith Kahl about the fight in the Martin Luther King Jr. Labor Council in Seattle to kick out the police union.
They discuss the struggle at the Labor Council where they won the vote to remove the police union. WorkWeek also interviews Erek Slater, a Chicago bus driver who is on the executive board of ATU 241 and was removed from his job while having a discussion with his fellow workers about the use of union bus drivers to ferry arrested BLM protesters in Chicago. He was terminated and is now fighting for his job back.

We also talk with Jack Heyman, retired ILWU Local 10 member former ITF Agent about the role of the police in the labor movement.

Additional media:
Defense Campaign For ATU 241 Bus Driver Erek Slater
https://www.change.org/p/chicago-transit-authority-drop-all-charges-and-reinstate-chicago-bus-driver-erek-slater?utm_content=cl_sharecopy_22860526_en-US%3Av4&recruiter=1123370684&recruited_by_id=dcc875c0-b5be-11ea-9af4-19701e610203&utm_source=share_petition&utm_medium=copylink&utm_campaign=psf_combo_share_initial&utm_term=psf_combo_share_initial

CTA bus driver alleges he was disciplined for organizing against transporting police
https://chi.streetsblog.org/2020/06/09/cta-bus-driver-alleges-he-was-disciplined-for-organizing-against-transporting-police/?fbclid=IwAR3g7ChNmNm7h2eopzJ2IjK_rkUQZ7Eh-yAX9025-yVmeDUnM2tmL3YazSY

ATU 1005 Union President Says Minneapolis Is Trying to Punish Transit Workers Who Wouldn’t Help the Police
http://inthesetimes.com/working/entry/22590/bus-workers-atu-minneapolis-george-floyd-protest-solidarity?link_id=2&can_id=2787c928536944be51dc3490ab96c045&source=email-get-ready-for-janus-20-how-to-make-your-union-do-things-2&email_referrer=email_831088&email_subject=extra-minneapolis-is-punishing-transit-workers-who-wouldnt-help-the-police-time-for-the-ceo-to-start-making-sacrifices-too

Kids Who Die- Why Cop Guilds. and Worker Unions Are Not Compatible
https://workersandcopsaredifferent.com/2020/06/08/kids-who-die/?fbclid=IwAR0hNRtVPKRwSsJGb8es6XXa0Vxu-UURP0F_k766F7stCUVV_ZVi0qzT4as

Revealed: police unions spend millions to influence policy in biggest US cities
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2020/jun/23/police-unions-spending-policy-reform-chicago-new-york-la

National labor groups mostly close ranks to defend police unions
https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/politics-news/national-labor-groups-mostly-close-ranks-defend-police-unions-n1231573

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