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Seattle DSA is holding another rally Saturday March 20th at 2 pm to support the Alabama Amazon warehouse workers who are fighting to form the nation's first union at an Amazon workplace! Join us for a meeting to plan the rally on the International Day of Solidarity with Alabama Amazon Workers. No experience needed.
If it succeeds, the unionization drive at the huge Amazon warehouse in Bessemer, Alabama will become the first union at an Amazon facility in the U.S. Nearly 5,800 workers, 70% of whom are Black, have begun standing up against the second largest company in the country and the richest man in the world, Jeff Bezos. The workers are voting this month on forming a union, and a victory would inspire workers and people of color across the country to organize and fight back against the starvation wages and horrific working conditions that made the Amazon executive Jeff Bezos a multi-billionaire. A strong show of solidarity here at Amazon’s international headquarters will send a powerful message to Amazon workers in Alabama that we got their backs!
DSA is organizing phone banking nationally to push for the passage of the PRO Act, from March 21 through 27, https://actionnetwork.org/forms/proactphonebank. We should join that effort! What is the PRO Act? The Protecting the Right to Organize (PRO) Act would dismantle “Right to Work” laws in all states. It would allow solidarity strikes of workers in different industries, ... Read more
As the economy reopens, thousands of Washington residents face skyrocketing rents, looming evictions, rental and mortgage debt, and homelessness. The global impact of coronavirus drastically accelerated the housing crisis in the U.S., which disproportionately burdens Black, Indigenous, and People of Color communities as well as people with disabilities, women and children. Meanwhile, pandemic profiteers like ... Read more
JOIN SUPER FAMILIA on 4/18/21 at 1:00 pm during a March to demand YouthCare to STOP abusing immigrant children and to STOP collaborating with ICE! March starts: Children Detention Center #2 aka “Casa 2” 3601 NE 123rd st, Seattle, WA 98125 March ends: Children Detention Center #1 aka “Casa 1” 2500 NE 54th St, Seattle, ... Read more
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