Workers Struggle

Starbucks Workers Defy Conciliatory Leadership with Petition Demands

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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Meeting to Fight the No-Strike Clause at Starbucks

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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Labor Notes 2024: Towards a United Front for the Class Union

On April 19-21, the bi-annual Labor Notes conference of union militants, will be held in Chicago. Five thousand participants are expected. This is a beautiful proof of the vitality of the American working class, on the economic and union terrain. As the international bourgeoisie re-arm across the world in preparation for renewed inter-imperialist conflict, the

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Striking Levi’s Workers Call for International Solidarity Actions On Saturday

Since our last report on the matter, 450 worker, of the newly formed combative Birtek-Sen union,  at the Özak Tekstil factory which produces Levi’s jeans, have continued their strike despite layoffs by the company and government repression. The union is now calling for international solidarity this Friday on social media and for workers to gather to

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Fred Meyer Worker Rank and File Committee Begin Fight for $40 an Hour Ahead of Union Bargaining

The fight for $40 is on! Fred Meyer workers in UFCW local 555 have initiated their own rank and file committee called United for Class Wide Action (UFCWA). UFCWA is committed to ensuring a contract bargaining campaign that will truly improve their working conditions. Sign their petition to support their demands, help circulate their petition,

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Internationalist Class Solidarity from the United States with the struggling Özak Tekstil Workers in Turkey! (Turkish and English)

For the past 10 days, factory workers at Özak Tekstil, a textile factory in Urfa, southeastern Turkey, have been on strike and fighting heroically against the company, the collaborationist union, and the boss’s regime. It all started on November 19th, when about 450 workers out of 700 employed at the factory gathered in an assembly

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