A resolution put forward by an ISG member in RWU As the contract fight between 350,000 Teamsters union members and the UPS corporation heats up, unions, left groups, and other organizations are asking how they can help UPS workers win. All working people should see the UPS workers’ struggle as their own. Real, effective solidarityContinue reading “Railroad Workers United Calls For Solidarity Action with UPS Teamsters”
Category Archives: Issues & Struggles
Workers Made to Pay for Bank Failures
Lauren Gamble Portland, Maine It has been a month since the Silicon Valley Bank (SVB) collapse and government-sponsored bailout, and now the working class feels its effects. A wave of layoffs and job losses is devastating Silicon Valley. 10,000 employees were laid off in March from Meta, Facebook’s parent company, on top of 11,000 jobsContinue reading “Workers Made to Pay for Bank Failures”
Pride 2023: Defend and Extend Trans Rights
Emery Addams & Claire BaylerPortland, ME / Worcester, MAHealthcare worker (personal capacity) On Saturday, April 1, 2023, in Portland, Maine, roughly 25 neo-Nazis organized a march to City Hall and assaulted a group of counter-protestors opposing the fascists. The attack took place in front of the police, who took no action. This march is onlyContinue reading “Pride 2023: Defend and Extend Trans Rights”
Trump Indicted, Capitalist Political Crisis Continues
Claire BaylerWorcester, MA On March 30, 2023, Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg (D) formally charged Donald Trump in one of four major court cases connected to his presidency. The results of the four major cases could impact Trump’s 2024 presidential campaign, announced November 15, 2022. As the Independent Socialist Group (ISG) reported during the 2020Continue reading “Trump Indicted, Capitalist Political Crisis Continues”
Why We Need Public Ownership of the Railroads
by Nicholas Wurst & Claire BaylerWorcester, MASMART-TD Local 1473 (personal capacity) & Railroad Workers United (personal capacity) In October of 2022, amid the highly contentious battle over the Class 1 freight railroad workers’ contract, Railroad Workers United (RWU) adopted a resolution calling for public ownership of the railroads. RWU is an activist organization of rank-and-fileContinue reading “Why We Need Public Ownership of the Railroads”
International Workers Day 2023: Bring Back the Power Of The Strike
Union organizing elections increased by 50% last year, and unions won 72% of them. These included high-profile organizing victories at Amazon, Starbucks, Trader Joe’s, MIT, Boston University, and many other workplaces. Public support for unions polled around 70%, the highest level of support since 1965. Despite the victories and increased support for unions, only oneContinue reading “International Workers Day 2023: Bring Back the Power Of The Strike”
No Cuts to Medicaid! Fight for Universal Healthcare
Millions Lose Medicaid Coverage in Biden’s “Unwinding” by Emery Addams and Milena GermonPortland, ME As COVID-19 spread across the globe in 2020, the U.S. federal government declared a Public Health Emergency (PHE). Working-class people were—and still are—getting sick and dying rapidly. The PHE declaration offered a bandaid measure: temporarily increasing access and eligibility for MedicaidContinue reading “No Cuts to Medicaid! Fight for Universal Healthcare”
Interview with a Teamster: Union Busting & Corporate Maneuvers at UPS
by Nicholas Marcotte Ronan Foley has worked as a part-time package handler at the UPS hub in Shrewsbury, MA for over a year and is a member of Teamsters Local 170 and the Independent Socialist Group. UPS is not only one of the largest logistics companies in the world, but also is one of theContinue reading “Interview with a Teamster: Union Busting & Corporate Maneuvers at UPS”
SHOCKS TO THE SYSTEM: Workers Shouldn’t Pay for Banking Crisis
A bank run on Silicon Valley Bank (SVB) in mid-March led to its collapse. It’s the second-largest bank failure in US banking history behind the collapse of Washington Mutual during the 2008 “great recession.” As panic from the collapse of SVB rolled through the system, the federal government closed Signature Bank in New York, resulting in the third-largest bank failure in US history.
PUBLIC MEETING – Solidarity with UPS Workers: Prepare to Strike for a Strong Contract!
Join us for a public meeting with UPS Teamsters and union activists to discuss how we can best support UPS workers in the contract fight!Featuring Speakers Nick Wurst and Ronan Foley. Nick Wurst is a freight train conductor, member of ISG and SMART-TD. He is also a member of the International Steering Committee of RailroadContinue reading “PUBLIC MEETING – Solidarity with UPS Workers: Prepare to Strike for a Strong Contract!”
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