Labor Council to Seattle Police Guild: Confront racism in the ranks or get out
The Seattle Police Officers Guild (SPOG) should commit to become "an anti-racist organization" or face expulsion from the Martin Luther King County Labor Council, a message delivered by a strongly worded Council resolution passed late Thursday afternoon.
The resolution, sponsored by locals of the United Food & Commercial Workers and Service Employees International Union — powers in the labor left — took aim at the Seattle Police Department and SPOG, the union which represents and negotiates labor contracts for uniformed Seattle Police officers. It argued in angry language:
"Systematic racism exists in the Seattle Police Department. This problem must be immediately addressed to protect BPOC individuals in our community from harm.
"In contrast to SPOG's statement, recent events are not the result of a few 'bad actors.' Our police are over armed with weapons but provided no real tools to dismantle the racism in their own Department or provide the services our community needs."
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