downas

• AFL-CIO: any union on this list is part of an organization which welcomes & defends cops. affiliated cop unions include:

  • American Federation of Government Employees (AFGE)
  • American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees (AFSCME)
  • International Union of Police Associations (IUPA)
  • National Federation of Federal Employees (NFFE-IAM)

• SEIU. affiliated cop unions include:

  • NAGE (National Association of Government Employees)

• Teamsters. they even wrote this:

  • “The Teamsters Union, which currently represents tens of thousands of law enforcement officers nationwide, recently convened a special meeting of law enforcement officers in Des Moines, Iowa...”
  • “the union provides access to a unique benefit for members: The Teamsters Legal Defense Fund (TLDF). The program provides legal representation and guidance to Teamster member participants in law enforcement with quality professional legal representation and stands by law enforcement Teamsters and their families when they need advice, guidance and comfort the most.”

the widespread presence of police & prison guards in major u.s. labor organizations flows from the white supremacist & patriarchal foundations of the unions, which have sought to keep non-whites (especially Black people) & gender-oppressed people from gaining a share of their colonial privileges.

further reading

• settlers: the mythology of the white proletariat
• cops in unions and the extension of the state
  • “Though police in the United States have developed their own organizations to protect their interests since the late 19th century, their entry and participation in the wider labor movement is a more recent development. For example, the International Union of Police Associations (IUPA) entered the AFL-CIO only in 1979; the International Brotherhood of Police Officers became an affiliate of SEIU only in 1982.”
• AFL-CIA