{"id":25489,"date":"2021-12-19T14:14:16","date_gmt":"2021-12-19T21:14:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.womeninandbeyond.org\/?p=25489"},"modified":"2021-12-19T14:14:16","modified_gmt":"2021-12-19T21:14:16","slug":"i-will-miss-politics-and-prose-but-my-allegiance-is-with-the-workers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.womeninandbeyond.org\/?p=25489","title":{"rendered":"I will miss Politics and Prose, but my allegiance is with the workers"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Dear Bradley Graham and Lissa Muscatine,<\/p>\n

For over 29 years–the entire time I’ve lived in the DMV, and most of the bookstore’s existence– Politics and Prose Bookstore<\/a> has been a haven and a lifeline for me. When my job relocated to a different part of town, I was less than thrilled about my longer commute, but soon realized the silver lining: Politics and Prose Bookstore<\/a> was now on my way home! My partner and I have loved meeting there after work for author events; I’ve loved being able to stop in and find the perfect gift for a friend or loved one, or a new book I’ve been eagerly awaiting.<\/p>\n

So I was extremely dismayed to learn today that the management of my beloved Politics and Prose Bookstore<\/a>is now resisting worker efforts to unionize, and has even hired the notorious law firm Jones Day to fight your workers’ efforts to ensure fair wages and working conditions. This is a betrayal of the inclusive values that Politics and Prose Bookstore<\/a> has been known for.<\/p>\n

I can no longer patronize Politics and Prose<\/a> in good conscience, nor recommend it to my students, new colleagues, neighbors, and friends. I urge you to work with your staff and the union they are attempting to build. I urge you to stop antagonizing and intimidating your staff, and threatening both their livelihood and the many services they perform for your customers.<\/p>\n

I will miss Politics and Prose, but my allegiance is with your workers.<\/p>\n

Sincerely,
\nAbby Wilkerson<\/p>\n

(By Abby Wilkerson)<\/p>\n

(Photo Credit: Politics and Prose Workers Union<\/a> \/ Twitter)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Dear Bradley Graham and Lissa Muscatine, For over 29 years–the entire time I’ve lived in the DMV, and most of the bookstore’s existence– Politics and Prose Bookstore has been a haven and a lifeline for me. When my job relocated to a different part of town, I was less than thrilled about my longer commute, […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-25489","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-general","entry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.womeninandbeyond.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25489","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.womeninandbeyond.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.womeninandbeyond.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.womeninandbeyond.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.womeninandbeyond.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=25489"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/www.womeninandbeyond.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25489\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":25491,"href":"http:\/\/www.womeninandbeyond.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25489\/revisions\/25491"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.womeninandbeyond.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=25489"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.womeninandbeyond.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=25489"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.womeninandbeyond.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=25489"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}