by Ron DeLord | Jan 24, 2016 | Collective Bargaining, Fire, Labor, Police, Politics, Public Employees (Non-Sworn), Unions
As union members gathered in the nation’s capital over the Martin Luther King, Jr. Day weekend, some of the country’s top labor leaders faced tough questions about how the movement can reconcile its support for racial justice with its embrace of police unions. Over...
by rondelord | Mar 21, 2015 | Labor, Police, Politics, Unions
The police-involved killings that ignited nationwide outrage and federal investigations in the past year saw several stark similarities among the victims: They were mostly young, black, and unarmed. As for the officers in those high-profile cases, most who pulled the...
by rondelord | Jan 10, 2015 | Labor, Police, Politics, Uncategorized, Unions
WASHINGTON — Next week, President Obama’s police task force will sit down for the first time amid an increasingly nasty, continuing conflict between police officers, public officials, and protesters in New York City. No one has any clue how the task force will turn...
by rondelord | Dec 21, 2014 | Labor, Police, Politics, Unions
In recent weeks, police forces across the country have grown defensive after deaths caused by police officers have pushed thousands of protesters into the streets nationwide, calling for nothing less than a fundamental change in how police do business. In the middle...
by rondelord | Dec 17, 2014 | Labor, Police, Politics, Unions
WASHINGTON — As labor unions continue to rally in a call for justice over the deaths of Michael Brown and Eric Garner, the AFL-CIO’s police union has sent a letter to AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka addressing their concerns over the rhetoric, hoping to bring it to...