Last month, I posted the letter that Joan Tronto wrote to the American Political Science Association (APSA) in which she declined the invitation to present a Benjamin Lippincott lecture, as recipient of the Benjamin Lippincott award. In the letter, that is, Tronto eloquently explains that she refuses to accept the award at the conference because doing so would be in direct contravention of strike action taken by UNITE HERE Local 11, the union representing hotel workers at the host facilities in Los Angeles.

You can find Joan Tronto’s letter here.

Many philosophers and political theorists who were scheduled to participate in the conference, currently underway, have withdrawn from it, with some arranging to hold their panels online, or in other formats, at other times, and so on.

Are you wondering how you can support the hotel workers of UNITE HERE Local 11? Here is one suggestion.

If you follow the link below, you will find a list of APSA 2023 conference exhibitors. These exhibitors, which includes publishers, contravened the strike action of UNITE HERE Local 11 in order to promote their own message or product. When you consider which press to approach about publishing your next book, remember which publishers’ names appear on the list and then find a publisher whose name isn’t on the list. That’s what I intend to do.

The list of APSA 2023 exhibitors (including publishers) who violated the UNITE HERE Local 11 strike action in L.A. can be found here:

https://connect.apsanet.org/apsa2023/exhibit-2/exhibitor-listing/