WW8-4-15 UAW2865 Challenges Police Unions And AFL-CIO - P.R. Bankruptcy With J Cordova

KPFA Pacifica WorkWeek looks at the call by UAW 2865 which represents 12,000 UC graduate students to call for the AFL-CIO to terminate relationships with police unions. David McClelry who is a chief steward at UCB and on the Executive Board along with Yuri Holley a former negotiating committee member of BART ATU 1555 discuss the role of police, the labor movement and growing militarization and repression.
Next WorkWeek Radio looks at the bankruptcy in Puerto Rico with Javier Condova who is President of the Puerto Rican Association of University Professors (A.P.P.U.) at the University of PR-Arecibo campus and also serves on A.P.P.U.’s national board and its Executive Committee. He is also a leader of the Working Peoples’ Party PPT. He discusses the role of the AFL-CIO and the attacks on working people in Puerto Rico.
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