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Police unions
Prisons Are Anti-Labor Institutions. We Need an Anti-Carceral Labor Movement.
Guard unions are pushing states to expand their prison budgets while schools face mounting austerity.
Filmmaker Connects Dots Between Fugitive Slave Law and Modern-Day “Karens”
Award-winning filmmaker Stanley Nelson documents the history of anti-Black police violence in “Sound of the Police.”
Florida GOP Passes Bill to Undermine Unions for Public Employees — Except Cops
The bill would bar unions for teachers and nurses from automatically collecting dues.
We Both Were Incarcerated at Rikers Island. Now We’re Discussing Its History.
I met Jarrod Shanahan before my own sentence at Rikers. His new book details how the jail “took New York City hostage.”
Rikers’ Forceful Guard Union Is Deepening the Jail’s Humanitarian Crisis
Rikers Island guards appear to be engaging in work stoppages to demand more guards and less oversight of their abuses.
Police Unions Are Leading the Opposition to Vaccine Mandates for Public Workers
As cities consider a vaccine requirement for all city employees, police unions are promising to resist such measures.
AFL-CIO Quietly Released a Police Reform Report. It Calls for More Funding.
The report by the country's largest federation of unions also rejected calls to expel police unions.
2020 Saw Resurgence of Strikes as a Key Tactic for Labor Around the World
While this year catalyzed a historic strike wave, it also exposed the labor movement’s internal divisions.
Labor Must Make Defense of Black Lives Its Own Imperative
Black trade unionists are calling on the labor movement to unite in defense of Black lives.
Organizing Against Police Unions Has Invigorated Hollywood’s Labor Movement
The push to expel law enforcement from the movement has grown quickly in the rank-and-file.