On August 30, SEIU Drop the Cops hosted a virtual town hall meeting to
discuss the continuing fight against racism and police terror. The
event, which attracted more than a hundred participants, highlighted the
campaign’s five demands that advocate for a radical shift in the labor
movement. The event brought together workers from a variety of unions
across the country.
Left Voice member and Local 721 activist Julia Wallace spoke on the
importance of kicking cops out of SEIU and shifting resources to
organize essential and nonunionized workers — excluding prison guards,
border agents, and probation officers.
“We don’t just want to drop the cops. We want to organize more workers
into a combative labor movement,” Wallace said.
Hamilton Nolan, a member of Writers Guild of America – East, agreed.
“It’s a real stumbling block when you have to always answer for the
actions of the police,” he said. Nolan, a writer for In These Times,
helped pass a similar resolution a couple of months ago.
Ann Montague, a long-time socialist, spoke about the struggle over armed
security guards at Portland State University (PSU). Until 2014, these
campus security workers, organized by SEIU Local 503, were unarmed. But
as the Black Lives Matter protests were winding down, campus
militarization was ramping up. In 2018, two PSU officers shot and killed
Jason Washington off campus, again sparking outrage and renewed debates
over cops, security guards, police violence, and the attitude of Local
503. At present, it appears PSU Police are finally going to leave SEIU
and supposedly will be disarmed
https://www.leftvoice.org/the-po-po-are-a-no-go-at-seiu-drop-the-cops-town-hall
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