Union.place

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union.place (u.p) is a Mastodon instance specifically for workers' unions.

2023-07-23 TC unsuspends u.p after a review of the situation. U.p. does not itself allow the presence of police unions as users, and AFL/CIO is not one union but an inter-union alliance.
2022-11-26 TC silences u.p as planned.
2022-11-14 TC announces plan to suspend u.p on 2022/11/26, for allowing presence of AFL–CIO, a union known for racism^[1] and the support of police unions.^[2]

↑ 1986-01 Blacks and the Great Depression talks about the history of racism in the AFL; it's not clear if this is still a problem.
↑ 2020-05-29 No More Cop Unions «The International Union of Police Associations, which represents over 100,000 law enforcement employees as well as emergency medical personnel, is officially affiliated with the» AFL-CIO... «But if the federation wants to prove that it’s seriously committed to racial justice and true worker solidarity, the AFL-CIO must permanently disaffiliate from the IUPA and sever its ties with any and all other police associations.»