What follows is a leaflet prepared by members of CSAN distributed at a recent demonstration in the Chicago area. The leaflet can also be downloaded for printing HERE. The Republican Party’s attack on the conditions of some of the most vulnerable members of the working class, such as migrants and LGBTQ+, is not a result […]
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CSAN On the Picket Lines, the IWW & the First Starbucks Union, Workers United & SEIU Regime Unionism Last week SEIU affiliate Starbucks Workers United, held a five day “rolling strike” to protest the Starbucks corporation’s dismal wage offer during their contract bargaining. While 98% of workers voted to authorize strike action, Workers United leadership
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12/7/2024 On December 5th, New Seasons workers convened to pass a resolution that will guide the union’s general activities. This resolution commits to take solidarity strike action with Starbucks workers should they go on strike during the holidays. The decision to approve the resolution faced no opposition amongst membership with a unanimous vote. This unanimous
For the Class Struggle Action Network’s September monthly meeting, you’re invited to join an organizer’s round table discussion. No current or past organizing experience needed, all workers welcome! At this gathering we will all have the opportunity to ask questions and share about the organizing we are apart of; whether that be moving forward class
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On June 4th, the Starbucks Workers United leadership removed me from my role as union delegate. More context can be read from past articles here. As a result of my removal, workers at my cafe do not have an acting steward to communicate the contract bargaining updates. We’re a union cafe with almost 20 workers
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Yesterday, Starbucks worker and duly elected delegate to the SBWU contract bargain, Jake Compton spoke at our CSAN general meeting regarding the developing effort to oppose the no-strike clause within the union (more on that HERE ), alongside other criticisms of the current leaderships direction which are widely felt by shop-floor workers within the union.
At this months Class Struggle Action Network General Meeting, come hear from Starbucks worker, Jake, who produced two articles recently for CSAN (linked below) about the struggles within Starbucks Workers United against the inclusion of No-Strike clauses in SBWU contracts. As Starbucks workers freedom to strike outside of contract expiration could be bargained away, come
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At a Class Struggle Action Network monthly meeting, an organizer from Railroad Workers United spoke on the need for railroad worker unity, the organizing of RWU’s 2022 Vote No campaign, and some history and failures of railroad craft unionism. More information about Railroad Workers United: Railroad Workers United
Starbucks is currently negotiating nationwide contract language with the Starbucks Workers United (SBWU) union, and is poised to bargain a no-strike clause into the national framework of future union contracts. In the previous article I wrote last month covering this subject, I went into some detail as to why we cannot waste time considering a
What follows is a leaflet distributed by members of the Class Struggle Action Network at the ongoing Providence nurses strike in Oregon. Providence nurses, you have taken a major step in organizing the largest nurse strike in the state of Oregon’s history, 3,000 workers strong! As the boss offers you wages which do not keep
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