Nov 5, 2016 — On October 29-30, amidst escalating police violence, rank-and-file union members from around the U.S. established an ongoing Union Camp in support of indigenous resistance to the Dakota Access Pipeline (DAPL).
The Labor For Standing Rock delegation grew out of Labor for Palestine’s online petition (with more than 13,000 signers to date) calling on the AFL-CIO to end its support for DAPL, and support indigenous rights. Subsequent delegations of union members are mobilizing for Union Camp.
Here, Labor for Standing Rock co-founder Michael Letwin, public defender in New York and former president of the Association of Legal Aid Attorneys/UAW 2325, provides some historical background for actions taking place in Standing Rock.
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