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Labor Constituency Groups Statement on the Recent Protests

APALA, APRI, CBTU, CLUW, LCLAA, Pride At Work
This is not just a Black issue nor just a race issue. It is an institutional issue that has been built upon Black exploitation and social division. But the way some police so flagrantly kill Black people demands we all say BlackLivesMatter.

It's Time to Make Black Lives Matter in Our Unions

Bianca Cunningham Labor Notes
BLM
We need to move beyond rhetoric and start to evolve into a movement for racial justice in practice, but what does that mean? Be proactive in addressing racial tensions, stop tokenizing members, and build a union to address everyday issues.

Who Cares? Now, All of Us Must

Ai-jen Poo The New York Review of Books
Domestic work and care work have historically been underpaid and overlooked, and the fact that even today this labor is often referred to as “help” rather than conceived as professional labor betrays the long devaluation of women’s work. T