Starbucks Workers United
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The Power of Solidarity
Momentum behind labor organizing and militancy is rapidly accelerating in 2023, as workers all across the USA organize new union shops, fight bolder fights on the job, demand more from their employers in contract negotiations, and engage in strikes and other forms of collective action. From auto-workers to baristas, from logistics-workers to entertainment workers, the…
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Twin Cities DSA Little Red Letter #110: UPS, Starbucks, Half Price Books, Delta, Organizing Everywhere and More!
UPS, Starbucks, Half Price Books, Delta, Organizing Everywhere and More!
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News Roundup – Supreme Court Rulings, DSA Electeds in the News, and Labor Near and Far
News doesn’t slow down in the summer, here is some of everything that happened since our last edition. The Supreme Court issued final rulings in a variety of cases at the end of their session, including rulings prohibiting affirmative action as we know it while letting stand exemptions for legacy admissions and military academies, allowing…
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Twin Cities DSA Little Red Letter #107: Space for our Growing Chapter, Progress Prompts Headlines, and Twin Cities DSA in the Community
Twin CitiesDemocratic Socialists of America Little Red Letter #107 Space for our Growing Impact, Progress Prompts Headlines, and Twin Cities DSA in the Community Our Chapter Needs Space to Grow!First off, we have an ask for members and readers. Last fall the membership of Twin Cities DSA voted for the chapter to obtain an office…
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Twin Cities DSA Little Red Letter #102: East Phillips, Union Strikes, Socialists in Office, and More!
Another eventful week, let’s start local. More stories to come in our featured news section.
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Starbucks One-day Strike Report-back
On Wednesday, March 22, Starbucks workers at over 100 stores across the country went on strike over recent hour cuts and the company’s continued refusal to bargain. Three stores in the Twin Cities participated: Saint Anthony, 300 Snelling in Saint Paul, and 47th & Cedar in Minneapolis. The one day strike took place the day…
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Twin Cities DSA Little Red Letter #99: Standing Up, Fighting Back
Twin CitiesDemocratic Socialists of America Little Red Letter #99 Standing Up, Fighting Back Our last edition started with a few recent events, ones which put the brutality of the system in sharp focus. Frustration, anger, and grief are all understandable reactions to the ruling class’s tools of oppression and goal of exploitation. Organizing in the…
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Twin Cities DSA Newsletter #94: Red Cup Rebellion, Midterm Elections, and Moving the Chapter Forward
Red Cup Rebellion, Midterm Elections, and Moving the Chapter Forward
2023 Elections Aisha Chughtai Anti-imperialism Association of Flight Attendants Book review Ceasefire in Gaza Delta Delta Air Lines Democratic Party/DFL East Phillips Neighborhood Institute/EPNI East Phillips Urban Farm Electoral Committee Endorsements Environmental racism General Strike Three International Association of Machinists International Brotherhood of Teamsters Jason Chavez Labor MFT/ESP MFT59 Minneapolis Minneapolis Police Department Minnesota Uber/Lyft Drivers Association (MULDA) MN Governor Tim Walz Mutual aid Nelsie Yang Omar Fateh Political education Rent control Rent Stabilization Ordinance Robin Wonsley Roof Depot Soren Stevenson St. Paul Starbucks Starbucks Workers United TCDSA Teamsters UFCW 663 Ukraine invasion 2022 Union Organizing United Auto Workers (UAW) Unite HERE Local 17 YDSA