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Starbucks Workers Face Down A Hostile Company
Starbucks management is turning up the heat. Faced with an expanding national movement by Starbucks workers to unionize (256 stores have won to date), Starbucks has been hitting back with firings, suspensions, constantly changing hours, store closures and safety infractions. On Wednesday, October 26 the first bargaining session for 6 Minnesota unionized stores was supposed…
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Twin Cities DSA Little Red Letter #92: Visioning for the Year Ahead
Over the past few weeks, the old and new steering committees have been meeting together to share our experiences and analysis and prepare for the year ahead in TCDSA. Later this month you’ll have the chance to share in this process. On October 29th (In-Person) and October 30th (Virtual), we’ll host visioning sessions to begin…
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Labor Notes Twin Cities Troublemakers School: Quick Thoughts
Saturday was a very, very good day for the working class of Minnesota. Three hundred plus nurses, Amazon workers, janitors, educators, school bus drivers and working class activists from every sector gathered for Labor Notes Troublemakers School at Metro State University for an all day conference. Dozens of union locals were represented. TCDSA was right…
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2022 Midterm Elections: Twin Cities DSA Update
We are fast approaching the midterm general elections on November 8th. Members have voted to endorse six candidates on the ballot across the metro. With less than a month left, let’s go over what Twin Cities DSA will be doing over that month, and take some time to talk about our candidates. The Month Ahead:…
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Twin Cities DSA Little Red Letter #91: Healthcare Strikes, Protests, Endorsements and More!
Only two weeks ago we walked the picket lines as Minnesota Nurses around the metro went on a 3-day strike. This week, we learned that mental health workers at Allina Health would undertake their own 3-day strike, starting on Monday. Negotiations have broken off and workers will be picketing at Abbott Northwestern and Unity Hospitals…
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East Phillips Urban Farm Update
Rally and Make Art! Join East Phillips organizers and community on October 9, 1PM, at the Roof Depot intersection. This will be a community rally and art-making event! The city recently tore down all the signs there, so folks will be making more to put up. Update: On Thursday, September 22, 2022, amid ongoing protests…
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Twin Cities DSA Little Red Letter #90: Convention Recap, Nurses and More!
Thank you to everyone who joined our annual convention on Sunday, Building Community, Class Struggle, and Capacity: Fighting for our Future in the Autumn of Capitalism. Well over 100 members joined us in-person or online to debate chapter business, meet our candidates for Steering Committee, and hear from an Amazon worker about their organizing efforts.…
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Labor Rebellion
The outlines and depth of a labor uprising are becoming clearer with everyday. The rail workers group, Rail Workers United (RWU), issued a statement in support of striking Minnesota Nurses explaining that rail workers face the same conditions and problems as nurses; speed up, lack of staffing, more dangerous conditions and an attempt by bosses,…
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A Better World is Possible, Comrades
(This post has been adapted from the convention speech given by outgoing co-chair Ian R.) Given that this is my last meeting as co-chair, I wanted to share a few parting thoughts as we transition to a new steering committee and a new page in the life of our chapter. The past several years have…
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2022 TCDSA Convention Voting Results
Bylaws and resolutions results: Bylaws Change 1: Operations Coordinator – passes. 66% required to pass. 93% in favor, 7% opposed or abstained. Bylaws Change 2: Sortition Officers – fails. 66% required to pass. 39% in favor, 61% opposed or abstained. Resolution 1: Minnesota Health Plan – passes. 50% + 1 to pass. 75% in favor,…
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On the Direction for the Future of TCDSA
On September 14, 2022, the members of Twin Cities DSA voted to pass the following resolution. Whereas, the right wing is advancing – Key recent examples from the last few months include the overturn of Roe v. Wade, the expansion of gun rights despite increasing mass slaughter, EPA rulings that accelerate climate catastrophe, and revelations…
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Get on the picket line: MN Nurses Strike!
TIME SENSITIVE: Twin Cities DSA invites you September 12-14 to join the 15,000 nurses making history with their largest ever private sector strike! Ways to get involved below. This strike comes after months of failed negotiations with various hospital systems across Minnesota, with pickets happening at the following campuses: * Abbot Northwestern (Minneapolis) * Children’s…
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