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Organizing Against Police Unions Has Invigorated Hollywood’s Labor Movement, Members Say

By Alice Herman | July 10, 2020

The labor movement is split on the question of cops. While union officials have signaled their tempered support for police unions, the push to expel law enforcement from the movement has grown quickly in the rank-and-file.

Workers and local labor community come together to commemorate Bloody Friday in Minneapolis. On July 20, 1934, the Minneapolis police attacked and opened fire on picketers in the streets of the Warehouse District. Police shot 67 strikers and killed two, Henry Ness and John Belor.

The 90th Anniversary of the 1934 Truckers' Strike Honors Minneapolis' Militant Labor History [VIDEO]

Starbucks workers on strike on outside of a shop in St. Paul, Minnesota.

Starbucks Is Trying to Wear Workers Down Through Its Relentless "Soft" Union Busting

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Minneapolis Ballot Measure to Dismantle the Police Will Test the Strength of Our Movement

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Minnesota Labor Can Lead The Nation as we Reimagine Public Safety Together

Commentary

I’m Proud That My Union Just Urged the AFL-CIO to Kick Out Police Unions

By Hamilton Nolan (In These Times) | June 10, 2020

The calls to separate the labor movement from police unions are now coming from inside the house of labor.