On December 11, 2024, staff at Anti Police-Terror Project (APTP) officially requested that APTP's Executive Director recognize their newly formed union with The Industrial Workers of the World Bay Area (IWW) as their bargaining agent. APTP Workers Union gave APTP leadership until January 8 to respond. On January 10, they stated, "APTP management has failed to respond to our request for voluntary recognition by the given deadline."
Since 2015, Oakland-based APTP has provided support to families of victims while pushing for policy changes to end police violence and over-policing, including advocating for defunding the Oakland Police Department. In June 2021, APTP became a tax-exempt 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization. According to their tax filings, they remained an all-volunteer organization up until 2022.
On APTP's website, they explain that they are "a Black-led, multi-racial, intergenerational coalition that seeks to build a replicable and sustainable model to eradicate police terror in communities of color." In 2019, APTP branched out with a Sacramento chapter. In 2020, APTP launched M.H. First projects in Oakland and Sacramento as "a cutting-edge new model for non-police response to mental health crisis."
APTP Workers Union states, "As we move from an all-volunteer organization to a nonprofit institution, it is vital that APTP workers have the vehicle of a union to exercise our workplace rights." They also express that, "We hoped APTP leadership would follow in the steps of other progressive organizations that have swiftly given their staff voluntary recognition, such as Black Feminist Future, whose leadership granted voluntary recognition to its staff union only a few days after the request was sent."
On January 10, APTP Volunteer-Worker Solidarity wrote, "Although the Union does not cover volunteers, there is significant overlap in the work we all do together, and we acutely understand the need for employees to be supported, protected, and have a seat at the table regarding the work they are engaged with."
APTP Workers Union Sends Letter to Executive Director | APTP Management Fails to Respond to APTP Workers Union | APTP Volunteer-Worker Solidarity Statement of Support for APTP Workers Union
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