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This @WalkerBragman piece is interesting—there’s an implication that Beto pushing for abolition of the local police union is a bad thing. I’d argue that police unions shouldn’t be considered “public sector unions,” because they perpetuate class inequity.https://theintercept.com/2019/01/13/beto-o-rourke-public-sector-unions/ …
Structurally, law enforcement unions are considered one of the most significant drivers of mass incarceration. Even as prison and jail populations decline, unions push for consistent levels of staffing...
https://twitter.com/pdxlawgrrrl/status/1042762430856650752?s=21 … @JohnFPfaff
It’s also absolutely the case that police are used to disrupt or preclude direct actions and broader working-class movements.https://twitter.com/nberlat/status/1084564773763719169?s=21 …
Yeah, even if we accept that police unions "perpetuate class inequity," they are still "public sector unions" by any objective standard. #tcot
I guess if we want to hash it out literally, police and COs are employed by the state, making them "public sector" employees. But if we are talking about class consciousness, I don't think pro-union politics necessitates supporting police unions. Police maintain class hierarchy.
Additional commentary on the story, including some little known history of why police unions split with the AFL a century ago: https://gritsforbreakfast.blogspot.com/2019/01/beto-bitter-over-el-paso-police-union.html …
Sorry I slept on your comment. Thanks for writing a more nuanced analysis!!
well to be fair it did show us that Beto: -opposed police unions while on city council -opposed them primarily on the basis of fiscal efficiency, not unjust outcomes of police unions -opposed public unions generally: "The public sector is a completely different situation."
I had been wondering what pseudo-leftist idiot was using "union" and "police union" interchangeably, but didn't want to reward the story with a click. Thanks for clarifying -- I'm making my "disappointed but not surprised" face pretty hard right now.
I mean honestly, it looks like the editor may have done more damage than the writer, here.
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