Cops — Labor: Which Side Are You On? (w/ Kim Kelly, Halimat Alawode, & Julia Wallace)

We close out Season Three of Working People with a critical discussion about why cops have no place in the labor movement and about the rank-and-file push from groups like No Cop Unions (AFL-CIO) and Drop the Cops (SEIU) to get them out. Featuring Kim Kelly, Halimat Alawode, & Julia Wallace.

 

Additional links/info below...

No Cop Unions (AFL-CIO) website and Twitter page SEIU Drop the Cops Linktree and Twitter page SEIU Drop the Cops "Labor Stands Against the Cops" event page  Kim Kelly Twitter page Halimat Alawode Twitter page Julia Wallace Twitter page Kim Kelly, The New Republic, "No More Cop Unions"  Kim Kelly, Teen Vogue, "Police Unions: What to Know and Why They Don’t Belong in the Labor Movement" Kim Kelly, The Baffler, "Rank-and-File Revolt" Hamilton Nolan, The Guardian, "It's Time to Kick Police Unions Out of the Labor Movement. They Aren't Allies" Paul Clark, The Conversation, "Why Police Unions Are not Part of the American Labor Movement" Louis Casiano, The Orange County Register, "Union Law Firm’s Private Detective Gets 1 Year in Jail in Scheme to Set up Costa Mesa Councilmen" Greg Coy, Fox Memphis, "Activists Find Camera Inside Mysterious Box on Power Pole Near Union Organizer’s Home"

 

Featured Music (all songs sourced from the Free Music Archive: freemusicarchive.org)

Lobo Loco, "Malte Junior - Hall" Pete Seeger, "Which Side Are You On?"