Socialist Soccer!
2023-08-27 14:00 - 16:00, 2023-09-03 14:00 - 16:00, 2023-09-10 14:00 - 16:00, 2023-09-17 14:00 - 16:00, 2023-09-24 14:00 - 16:00, 2023-10-01 14:00 - 16:00 (America/Los_Angeles) | Volunteer Park- Amphitheater, 1139-1157 Volunteer Park Rd, Seattle, WA, 98102, United States
Come play soccer with fellow socialists and bring your friends! This is a fun, enjoyable way to get outdoors, exercise, and meet friendly socialists as well as other non-socialist soccer enthusiasts!
All genders and skill levels are welcome! Safety is our top priority. To participate you must abide by our norms and agreements to avoid injuries and help us take care of one another.
Join us at Brighton Playfield in South Seattle. Map: goo.gl/maps/c74cytjrRB1vpT7h7
We almost always play on the most southern edge of the field.
We confirm if we have enough players each Sunday on a socialist soccer Signal chat. To be added, download the Signal app, and email your phone number to ramy@seattledsa.org with a request to be added.

Raise the Wage Renton Canvass - Renton Transit Center
2023-08-27 16:00 - 19:00, 2023-08-29 17:00 - 20:00, 2023-08-30 17:00 - 20:00, 2023-08-31 17:00 - 20:00 | Renton Transit Center, 257 Burnett Ave S, Renton, WA, 98057, United States
Join us to canvass for Raise The Wage Renton at Renton Transit Center as we gather signatures from to qualify for the February ballot.
See you there!
RSVP Here!

Raise the Wage Renton Canvass – QFC
2023-08-28 17:00 - 20:00 | Renton 4th St NE QFC, 4800 NE 4th St, Renton, WA, 98059, United States
Join us at our weekly signature gathering table at QFC to help get Raise the Wage Renton on the ballot! We will spread out across Renton to gather signatures!
See you there!
RSVP here (not required, but strongly encouraged so we have a sense of how many volunteers to expect)

Local Council Check-In
2023-08-28 17:45 - 18:15, 2023-09-11 17:45 - 18:15, 2023-09-18 17:45 - 18:15, 2023-09-25 17:45 - 18:15 | Online (Zoom Call), WA
The Local Council (LC) is the elected leadership body which serves the members of Seattle DSA. During these short weekly check-ins, LC members will primarily be ensuring work is on track, though pressing business may occasionally be discussed and voted on. Members are welcome to observe LC meetings by RSVPing here: https://actionnetwork.org/forms/seattle-dsa-local-council-check-in/
The LC has an informal check-in meeting every Monday (except the first Monday of the month for the formal meetings) from 5:45pm-6:15pm over Zoom.
If there’s something specific you’d like to bring to the Local Council, please fill out the LC Request Form which can be found on the private resources page of our website.
If you are a member that has not yet been added to our Slack (which is required to log in to the private resources page), you can request to be added here.
Please note that on rare occurrences, LC meetings will be cancelled due to holidays or unusual circumstances and these changes may not always be reflected on this calendar — if you show up to the meeting and aren’t let in by 5:50, that is almost certainly what has happened.

Raise the Wage Renton Tabling – Renton Farmers Market
2023-08-29 15:00 - 19:00, 2023-09-05 15:00 - 19:00, 2023-09-12 15:00 - 19:00, 2023-09-19 15:00 - 19:00, 2023-09-26 15:00 - 19:00 | Renton Farmers Market, 233 Burnett Ave S, Renton, WA, 98057, United States
Join us at our weekly Raise The Wage Renton signature gathering table at the Renton Farmers Market. We’ll be spreading the word about our campaign in the community and gathering signatures to qualify for the ballot!
Our meeting point is on the sidewalk outside the market in Piazza Park along S 3rd St, across the street from Smoking Monkey Pizza.
See you there!
RSVP here (not required, but strongly encouraged so we have a sense of how many volunteers to expect)

Board Games and Buddies: Capitol Hill
2023-08-29 19:00 - 21:00, 2023-09-05 19:00 - 21:00, 2023-09-12 19:00 - 21:00, 2023-09-19 19:00 - 21:00, 2023-09-26 19:00 - 21:00, 2023-10-03 19:00 - 21:00 | Raygun Lounge, 501 E Pine St, Seattle, WA, 98122, United States
Putting the party back in politics.
Board games and (root) beer with some local left homies at a cool bar.
No agenda and no lecture to sit through.
Just having a good time + getting to know folks.
Feel free to bring your own games as well!
NOTES:
Please eat beforehand unless you’re fine with $8.00 grilled cheeses!

Contact JJ B. at 360-319-2009 to meet up!
Hosted by the Housing Justice Working Group.

Pay Transparency Project Phone Bank
2023-08-30 17:00 - 18:00, 2023-09-06 17:00 - 18:00 | Online (Zoom Call), WA
Let’s meet to phone bank for the Tech Workers Organizing Group’s Pay Transparency Project!

RSVP HERE.

Raise the Wage Renton Canvass - The Landing
2023-09-01 17:00 - 20:00 | Renton Target, 1215 N Landing Way, Renton, WA, 98057, United States
Join us to canvass for Raise the Wage Renton as we enter the crucial final month of signature gathering to qualify for the February ballot!
RSVP Here

Raise the Wage Renton Canvass - The Landing
2023-09-02 10:00 - 13:00, 2023-09-04 17:00 - 20:00, 2023-09-06 17:00 - 20:00, 2023-09-07 17:00 - 20:00, 2023-09-10 10:00 - 13:00, 2023-09-10 16:00 - 19:00, 2023-09-11 17:00 - 20:00
Join us to canvass for Raise the Wage Renton in this crucial final month of signature gathering to qualify for the February ballot!
RSVP Here

Peoples Breakfast: UDistrict
2023-09-03 08:00 - 11:00, 2023-09-10 08:00 - 11:00, 2023-09-17 08:00 - 11:00, 2023-09-24 08:00 - 11:00, 2023-10-01 08:00 - 11:00, 2023-10-08 08:00 - 11:00 | University Heights, 5031 University Way, Seattle, WA, 98105, United States
Contact JJ Bartlett to sign up: 360-319-2009
Masks required in-kitchen. and outdoors! Must be vaccinated!

Scrambled Eggs, Pancakes, and Hashbrowns!
Donuts, Coffee, Hot Chocolate, and Water!
Come to cook, eat breakfast, and get to know your unhoused neighbors here in the UDistrict!

Sundays at University Heights Community Center.
Cooking (off-site) = 8:00am – 9:30am.
Serving (UHeights) = 9:30am – Food Runs Out.
Stay for the whole time or show up to one shift!
Operated in close collaboration with University Heights Community Center!
We are currently seeking financial supporters to bottom-line a breakfast day!
Each breakfast costs around $120.00 USD in Food+Equipment to serve 60 people.
Our Menu!

Raise the Wage Renton Canvass - Renton Transit Center
2023-09-03 10:00 - 13:00, 2023-09-03 16:00 - 19:00, 2023-09-08 17:00 - 20:00, 2023-09-09 10:00 - 13:00, 2023-09-19 17:00 - 20:00, 2023-09-20 17:00 - 20:00, 2023-09-26 17:00 - 20:00, 2023-09-29 17:00 - 20:00 and 1 more date | Renton Transit Center, 257 Burnett Ave S, Renton, WA, 98057, United States
Join us to canvass for Raise The Wage Renton at Renton Transit Center as we gather signatures from to qualify for the February ballot.
See you there!
RSVP Here

Local Council Monthly Meetings
2023-09-04 17:30 - 19:30, 2023-10-02 17:30 - 19:30 | Online (Zoom Call), WA
The Local Council (LC) is the elected leadership body which serves the members of Seattle DSA. Members are welcome to observe LC meetings by RSVPing here: https://actionnetwork.org/forms/seattle-dsa-local-council-monthly-meetings/
The LC has a formal meeting every first Monday from 5:30pm-7:30pm over Zoom.
If there’s something specific you’d like to bring to the Local Council, please fill out the LC Request Form which can be found on the private resources page of our website.
If you are a member that has not yet been added to our Slack (which is required to log in to the private resources page), you can request to be added here.
Please note that on rare occurrences, LC meetings will be cancelled due to holidays or unusual circumstances and these changes may not always be reflected on this calendar — if you show up to the meeting and aren’t let in by 5:35, that is almost certainly what has happened.

Pay Transparency Project Meeting
2023-09-05 19:00 - 20:00, 2023-10-03 19:00 - 20:00 | Online (Zoom Call), WA
Let’s meet to discuss the last updates of the Tech Workers Organizing Group’s Pay Transparency Project!

RSVP HERE.

SDSA Reproductive Justice Working Group Meeting
2023-09-07 19:00 - 20:30 | Online (Zoom Call), WA
Join us for the next meeting of Seattle DSA’s Reproductive Justice Working Group!
RSVP here for meeting details.
And mark your calendar to join us!

Raise the Wage Renton Canvass - QFC
2023-09-12 17:00 - 20:00, 2023-09-13 17:00 - 20:00, 2023-09-14 17:00 - 20:00, 2023-09-17 16:00 - 19:00, 2023-09-18 17:00 - 20:00, 2023-09-21 17:00 - 20:00, 2023-09-25 17:00 - 20:00, 2023-10-05 17:00 - 20:00 | Renton 4th St NE QFC, 4800 NE 4th St, Renton, WA, 98059, United States
Join us to canvass for Raise The Wage Renton at QFC as we gather signatures from to qualify for the February ballot.
See you there!
RSVP Here

Labor Working Group Monthly Meeting
2023-09-12 18:00 - 19:30 | Capitol Hill Library Meeting Room, 425 Harvard Ave E, Seattle, WA, 98102, 425 Harvard Ave E, Seattle, WA, United States
This event will be both in person at the Capital Hill Library Meeting Room and online over zoom. Make sure to RSVP to get a Zoom link.
Join comrades for a discussion on our on going labor organizing and to meet others involved in labor organizing work. We will discuss and plan any upcoming labor work and ongoing campaigns. There will also be updates on any labor organizing our members are involved in.
Look for the full agenda in the labor channel on slack!
RSVP: Here

UW Community Starbucks Worker Solidarity Action
2023-09-14 14:00 - 15:00 | 2617 NE 46th St, 2617 NE 46th St, Seattle, 98105, United States
In the face of Starbucks’ attempts to crush the union, Starbucks workers have organized, gone on strike, and pressured the company to quit union busting. Now it’s time for Starbucks customers and allies to join the fight. We are organizing a contingent from the UW community to show up in solidarity with Starbucks workers!
Join UW community members on September 14 to stand in solidarity with Starbucks workers and demand that Starbucks quits union busting and respects workers’ right to organize. We’ll meet outside of the Starbucks with signs and petitions to engage customers and passerby in support of Starbucks workers.
RSVP Here

D4/D5/Ecosocialism Reading Group
2023-09-14 18:45 - 20:00 | Die Bierstube, 6106 Roosevelt Way NE, Seattle, WA, 98115, United States
Join us at Die Bierstube in Roosevelt, Thursday 9/14, to continue the discussion of a technical vision for a 100% renewable energy future, along with barriers/strategies for getting there. We will finish No Miracles Needed: How Today’s Technology Can Save Our Climate and Clean Our Air by Mark Jacobson.
We plan to return to political education topics that sharpen our thinking for the struggle to bring about an ecologically sound democratic socialist society, so come on in! We can choose our next reading and talk about alternative meeting locations and frequency.
You don’t have to live in District 4 or 5, and feel free to join the conversation even if you haven’t had time to read! All are welcome.

Raise the Wage Renton Canvass - The Landing
2023-09-15 17:00 - 20:00, 2023-09-16 10:00 - 13:00, 2023-09-22 17:00 - 20:00, 2023-09-23 10:00 - 13:00, 2023-09-27 17:00 - 20:00, 2023-09-28 17:00 - 20:00, 2023-10-07 10:00 - 13:00 | The Landing, 1215 N Landing Way, Renton, WA, 98057, United States
Join us to canvass for Raise The Wage Renton at Target at The Landing as we gather signatures from to qualify for the February ballot.
See you there!
RSVP Here

Socialist Educators Happy Hour
2023-09-15 18:00 - 19:30 | Chuck’s Hop Shop (Central District), 2001 E Union St, Seattle, WA, 98122, United States
Return of Socialist Educators Happy Hour!
Educators from all over (Seattle, Renton, Highline, etc…) get together, chat politics, & share about struggles in their union. All union activists and socialists are welcome to attend!

We often anchor our discussions with a reading, but we’ll provide a short summary so everyone can participate whether they read or not.
This event was discontinued during the summer but with the school year starting up we are starting to hold these again.
RSVP HERE

Clinic Defense!
2023-09-16 09:00 - 10:30 | Lee Minto Planned Parenthood, 2001 E. Madison Street, Seattle, WA, United States
Help counter the anti-abortion Extremists that regularly stand outside this clinic. Show Solidarity with clinic patients And staff. Join the movement to defend Abortion!
We will use our beautiful political signs, rainbow flags, and chants to protect patients from harassers by the antis and to show the community that the pro-abortion and pro-reproductive-justice movement is here and growing.

Where are we meeting? – We are defending the Lee Minto Planned Parenthood Center at 2001 E. Madison Street, Seattle. Meet at the bus stop outside the clinic.
What should I bring? – Dress for the weather including comfortable shoes, a water bottle, cough drops or hard candy (chanting causes dry mouth), your locked cell phone, emergency contact # written on your body in Sharpie, and your passion for reproductive justice! You can bring a picket sign or some will be provided.

This Clinic Defense is Organized by the Puget Sound Mobilization For Reproductive Justice, a coalition of groups organizing for Reproductive Justice, including the Seattle DSA Reproductive Justice Working Group.

Raise the Wage Renton Canvass - QFC
2023-09-17 10:00 - 13:00 | Renton 4th St NE QFC, 4800 NE 4th St, Renton, WA, 98059, United States
Join us to canvass for Raise The Wage Renton at QFC as we gather signatures from to qualify for the February ballot.
This is the first of two canvasses on this day.
See you there!
RSVP Here

Electoral Working Group Monthly Meeting
2023-09-19 18:30 - 19:30 | Online (Zoom Call), WA
Come join our Electoral Working Group Meeting (Virtually) where we’ll be discussing all things elections! Our top priorities currently are planning for upcoming 2023 and 2024 ballot initiatives and candidate endorsement processes!

RSVP here for Zoom link.

Autoworkers Strike Solidarity Meeting
2023-09-19 19:00 - 20:00
Meeting to discuss possible solidarity work with in going autoworkers strike.
​All interested invited.
Zoom link: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/85078124833?pwd=[REDACTED]

Housing Justice Working Group [Hybrid Meeting!]
2023-09-20 18:00 - 19:30 | Columbia Branch – Seattle Public Library, 4721 Rainier Ave S, Seattle, 98118, United States
Seattle DSA’s Housing Justice Working Group!
Home of the Peoples Breakfast.
Working towards a massive expansion of publicly-owned green social housing.
Building a fighting tenants movement.
Join us in-person at the Seattle Public Library (Columbia Branch) for a business meeting at 6:00pm, followed by a social at 7:30pm.
For those who can’t make it in-person, join us on Zoom!

Join Zoom Meeting:
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/87517626169?pwd=[REDACTED]
Meeting ID: 875 1762 6169
Passcode: [REDACTED]

CANCELED: Member Engagement Committee Meeting
2023-09-20 19:00 - 20:30 | Café on the Ave, 4201 University Way NE, Seattle, WA, 98105, United States
Rescheduling to October due to a variety of complicating factors. Stay tuned!

Raise the Wage Renton Canvass - The Landing (morning)
2023-09-24 11:00 - 13:00 | The Landing, 1215 N Landing Way, Renton, WA, 98057, United States
Join us together with Tacoma & Pierce County DSA and Tacoma For All (a broad union-backed coalition led by TDSA) this Sunday, September 24th at 2:00 PM for our official Tacoma DSA Day of Solidarity with Raise the Wage Renton (morning shift)!
Meeting point will be the Renton Landing Shopping Center, in front of Target.
Organizers in Tacoma have fought hard to launch and now have a winning chance to enact a Renters’ Bill of Rights in the City of Tacoma this November 7th, and they have mobilized volunteers together to help us also in our efforts to qualify for the February ballot. We hope we can both help each other score victories for the working class and marginalized communities through ballot initiatives in the next 6 months.
Please arrive promptly at 11:00AM for a brief canvassing training and disbursement of materials. We will canvass until 1PM, take a group lunch from 1-2PM, then continue doorknocking efforts from 2-4PM. Tacoma DSA comrades plan to stay for both shifts, you are welcome to come to morning, afternoon, or both shifts.
All materials provided. Recommended to bring comfortable walking shoes, and dress appropriately for the weather
RSVP Here
Note: The above RSVP link is for the morning shift — RSVP separately here for the afternoon shift.

Raise the Wage Renton Canvass - The Landing (afternoon)
2023-09-24 14:00 - 16:00 | The Landing, 1215 N Landing Way, Renton, WA, 98057, United States
Join us together with Tacoma & Pierce County DSA and Tacoma For All (a broad union-backed coalition led by TDSA) this Sunday, September 24th at 2:00 PM for our official Tacoma DSA Day of Solidarity with Raise the Wage Renton (morning shift)!
Meeting point will be the Renton Landing Shopping Center, in front of Target.
Organizers in Tacoma have fought hard to launch and now have a winning chance to enact a Renters’ Bill of Rights in the City of Tacoma this November 7th, and they have mobilized volunteers together to help us also in our efforts to qualify for the February ballot. We hope we can both help each other score victories for the working class and marginalized communities through ballot initiatives in the next 6 months.
Feel free to also come to the earlier 11:00AM shift for a brief canvassing training and disbursement of materials. We will canvass until 1PM, take a group lunch from 1-2PM, then continue doorknocking efforts from 2-4PM. Tacoma DSA comrades plan to stay for both shifts, you are welcome to come to morning, afternoon, or both shifts.
All materials provided. Recommended to bring comfortable walking shoes, and dress appropriately for the weather
RSVP Here
Note: The above RSVP link is for the afternoon shift — RSVP separately here for the morning shift.

Seattle DSA Social - Project 9 Brewing
2023-09-24 16:00 - 19:00 | Project 9 Brewing, 1409 NE 80th St, Seattle, 98115, United States
RSVP Here!

September Chapter Membership Meeting: Tacoma For All
2023-09-26 19:00 - 21:00 | Southside Commons, 3518 S Edmunds St, Seattle, WA, 98118, United States
At this month’s Chapter Membership Meeting we’ll hear a full report from Tacoma DSA leaders about their two promising electoral fights: To elect Tacoma’s first Black socialist to City Council and a ballot initiative to pass the strongest tenant protections in Washington State!
This is also the perfect meeting for members looking to plug-in to our chapters’ work more. The Member Engagement Committee walks everyone through the newly-updated Jobs Board, to match your skills and interests to the needs of our committees and working groups.
Chapter Membership Meetings are the events in which the largest number of members come together to hear about what the chapter has been up to recently, learn what is on the horizon and how to get involved, discuss ideas, and vote on how we should use our collective resources of money to achieve our goals.
RSVP here: https://actionnetwork.org/events/september-general-membership-meeting-3/

Homegrown Workers Union Informational Picket
2023-09-28 16:00 - 18:00 | Queen Anne Homegrown, 2201 Queen Anne Ave N, Seattle, WA, 98119
Thurs 9/28 at 4PM: Picket at Queen Anne Homegrown
Come join Homegrown pickets this week!! Workers are picketing and talking to customers ahead of our bargaining to maximize our pressure to the company and win our contract.
Homegrown Workers have been bargaining since the beginning of the year and won many of their demands. But at the last bargaining session, company has made it clear that they’re not going to respect what workers are fighting for.

Homegrown Workers are still fighting for:
-Affordable Healthcare for Families
-$20.50 Starting Pay
-No Subcontracting Union Workers Jobs
-To Keep their Contract Even if the Owner Decides to Sell the Company

DSA's Midwest Electoral Surge: A National Solidarity Event
2023-09-28 18:00 - 19:00
RSVP here!

DSA’s electoral strength is surging in Minneapolis, with five DSA-endorsed candidates running for election to the 13-member City Council. In Indianapolis, DSA is on the verge of electing its first City Councilmember.
To support and learn from our Midwest comrades, three Pacific Northwest DSA chapters – Seattle, Tacoma, and Portland – are hosting a national solidarity event and a discussion with three DSA Midwest candidates up for election in November!
Robin Wonsley is the first Black democratic socialist elected to Minneapolis City Council. Robin was a leader in the movement that won a $15 minimum wage in the Twin Cities (Minneapolis and St. Paul). She emerged as a key leader and DSA’s foremost spokesperson in Minneapolis during the George Floyd uprising, and her initial election victory in 2021 was fueled by the energy of that movement.
Soren Stevenson is running to expand Twin Cities DSA’s presence in Minneapolis City Hall from its current three members to five. His eye was shot out by the Minneapolis Police Department during the George Floyd uprising, and he is now running for office to help defeat the conservative majority dominating city government.
Jesse Brown is running for Indianapolis City Council to promote a socialist vision of workers’ rights, housing and healthcare for all, and environmental justice. He won over 55% in the May Democratic primary election running openly as a Democratic Socialist. He would be Indianapolis DSA’s first elected council member.

RSVP here!
Mark your calendar, and invite friends!

UAW (Autoworkers) Strike Solidarity Meeting
2023-09-28 18:00 - 19:00
Join comrades to discuss possible ways for us to support the on going UAW strike.
Over the past week we phone banked members to gauge interest and availability for the possibility of making a trip to the nearest picket line in Portland.
Now we are going to review interest and see if we can figure out coordinating such a trip.
RSVP Here for the zoom link!

Socialist Tech Workers Social
2023-09-29 19:00 - 21:00 | Chuck’s Hop Shop (Central District), 2001 E Union St, Seattle, WA, 98122, United States
Come meet like-minded workers in tech at the Socialist Tech Workers Social! We will discuss workplace organization and mutual aid, in a time where layoffs are affecting a lot of us, and “voting with your feet” might no longer be a viable option. Invite your friends and coworkers!
RSVP here.

Puget Sound Troublemakers School
2023-09-30 09:00 - 16:00 | South Seattle College in West Seattle, 6000 16th Ave SW, Seattle, WA, 98106, United States
​Join labor organizers from across Seattle from 9 AM to 4 PM on September 30th at South Seattle College in West Seattle for 2023’s Puget Sound Trouble Makers School. If you haven’t already registered do so here!
​This is a good opportunity not only to learn some new skills but also to meet other labor activists. To help with that Seattle DSA members will be reaching out to those who have RSVP’d through this link (not the Labor Notes registration page) to meet up after the event to get to know one another.
Register for the Event Here
RSVP Here to Get in Touch with Other Seattle DSA Members going to the Event
​Description from Event Organizers Below:
Calling all troublemakers! That means you: union members, leaders, shop stewards, worker center activists, folks new to organizing. Activists from around the Puget Sound area are coming together for a day of workshops and sessions to connect and learn from each other how to build the movement we need.
The planet is heating up, wages are way behind inflation, and corporations are taking home more profits than ever. But we are seeing a huge surge in organizing! Unions of all kinds are organizing and taking the fight to their bosses. We see brand new unions, labor-organized community campaigns, workplace actions and strikes and more challenging the power and winning.
Join Labor Notes and labor activists from around the area to strategize, share skills, and learn ways to organize to win.
Troublemakers Schools are day-long mini-conferences that cover organizing skills and highlight real-world examples of taking on the boss – and winning. Whether you’re new to union activism or are an experienced union activist, there’s something there for you!

Raise the Wage Renton Canvass - The Landing (Morning)
2023-10-01 10:00 - 13:00, 2023-10-08 10:00 - 13:00 | The Landing, 1215 N Landing Way, Renton, WA, 98057, United States

Homegrown Workers Union Leafleting
2023-10-01 15:30 - 17:30 | Homegrown Capitol Hill at Melrose Market at 1531 Melrose Ave, 1531 Melrose Ave, Seattle, 98122
Sun Oct 1 at 3:30PM: Leaflet at Cap Hill Homegrown
1531 Melrose Ave, Seattle, WA 98122
Come join Homegrown pickets this week!! Workers are picketing and talking to customers ahead of our bargaining to maximize our pressure to the company and win our contract.
Homegrown Workers have been bargaining since the beginning of the year and won many of their demands. But at the last bargaining session, company has made it clear that they’re not going to respect what workers are fighting for.

Homegrown Workers are still fighting for:
-Affordable Healthcare for Families
-$20.50 Starting Pay
-No Subcontracting Union Workers Jobs
-To Keep their Contract Even if the Owner Decides to Sell the Company

Raise the Wage Renton Canvass - The Landing (Evening)
2023-10-01 16:00 - 19:00 | The Landing, 1215 N Landing Way, Renton, WA, 98057, United States

Raise the Wage Renton Canvass - The Landing
2023-10-02 17:00 - 20:00 | Renton Target, 1215 N Landing Way, Renton, WA, 98057, United States

UAW (Autoworkers) Strike Solidarity Meeting
2023-10-03 18:00 - 19:00
Join comrades to discuss possible ways for us to support the on going UAW strike.
Over the past week we phone banked members to gauge interest and availability for the possibility of making a trip to the nearest picket line in Portland. And on Sunday a few members made the trip down.
Now we are going to review interest and work in coordinating a second trip. At the same time we will discuss how the previous one went and what we hope to accomplish on a second trip.
RSVP for Zoom Link: https://actionnetwork.org/events/uaw-autoworkers-strike-solidarity

Homegrown Workers Union Informational Picket
2023-10-04 15:30 - 17:30 | Homegrown Mercer Island, 3016 78th Ave SE, Mercer Island, WA, 98040, United States
Wed Oct 4 at 3:30PM: Picket at Mercer Island Homegrown
3016 78th Ave SE, Mercer Island, WA 98040
Come join Homegrown pickets this week!! Workers are picketing and talking to customers ahead of our bargaining to maximize our pressure to the company and win our contract.
Homegrown Workers have been bargaining since the beginning of the year and won many of their demands. But at the last bargaining session, company has made it clear that they’re not going to respect what workers are fighting for.

Homegrown Workers are still fighting for:
-Affordable Healthcare for Families
-$20.50 Starting Pay
-No Subcontracting Union Workers Jobs
-To Keep their Contract Even if the Owner Decides to Sell the Company

Theory Underground Tour
2023-10-05 13:00 - 16:00 | 3414 1/2 Fremont Ave N Suite D, Seattle, WA 98103, 3414 1/2 Fremont Ave N Suite D, Seattle, WA, 98103, United States
Join Theory Underground on their Seattle Tour Stop.
https://www.youtube.com/@theory_underground

Socialist Night School: What is Capitalism?
2023-10-05 18:00 - 19:30 | Beacon Hill Branch – Seattle Public Library, 2821 Beacon Ave S, Seattle, WA, 98144, United States
The world is heading towards disaster under capitalism. In order to win power and best fight it, the working class – those who live by wage labor – must be equipped with socialist theory and a wide knowledge of society.

Seattle DSA’s Socialist Night School program aims to provide a solid foundation of socialist theory that can develop participants into confident socialists and inspire them into starting their own intellectual journeys. This session will help attendees learn the defining features of the capitalist mode of production through a discussion around the section ‘Bourgeois and Proletarians’ from the Communist Manifesto and an excerpt from Vivek Chibber’s Understanding Capitalism.
RSVP here: https://actionnetwork.org/events/socialist-night-school-what-is-capitalism/

UAW Picket in Portland
2023-10-07
Last weekend several Seattle DSA members and a few UAW 4121 Members went down to the UAW Picket Lines. If you’d be interest in going down this Saturday or helping out the strike or the labor movement here are some options below:

Join the picket line on Saturday! The closest picket to us is at a Parts Distribution Center (PDC) in Portland. We’re pulling together a group to carpool down & back this Saturday 10/7, leaving sometime in the morning. There’s no guarantee that we will have enough ride space but the sooner you reach out the sooner we can try and figure something out and if you can give a ride that would be a great help. If you’re interested in joining, get in touch by emailing ryancsdsa@gmail.com or at 360-201-3147
If you can’t join the pickets this weekend, join next week or weekend! You can sign up here to get connected & coordinate carpools (along with UAW 4121)
Contribute to the hardship & strike support fund: Anything helps. You can make a contribution here (& include a note that you’re sending solidarity from SDSA!)
If you can’t make it down to Portland this weekend, participate in other important labor actions in Seattle! Raise the Wage Renton canvasses on 10/7 and 10/8

Note: If you haven’t already gone out to canvass for RTW this week and your debating between going to the UAW picket lines and RTW Canvassing we’d encourage you to go canvassing there will be time to go to other picket lines (this strike or another) in the future.
