Kamala Harris and Donald Trump will both continue funding the lsraeli state's genocide in Gaza. Both the Democrats and Republicans are warmongering parties of the billionaire class. 1/x
At tonight's debate, Kamala Harris had nothing to say on ending the Gaza genocide. Nothing to say on Israel's murder of Ezgi Eygi & 200,000 Palestinians.
Enough is enough. We need to build the vote for
@drjillstein
's antiwar campaign & deny Harris a victory in Michigan.
The AFL-CIO leadership recently announced its endorsement of Strikebreaker Joe Biden, without any democratic discussion with its 12.4 million members.
For millions of Americans who are struggling to make ends meet, this “historic” endorsement is a rotten sellout.
Not even 12 hours into Biden's 2024 presidential run, Bernie is rolling over & endorsing his campaign. This is a betrayal. Millions of workers & young people have been left behind or attacked by Biden. He should not get an ounce of support from anyone claiming to stand w/ workers
DSA
@DemSocialists
are in decline. Is that a reflection of people being less interested in socialism? No. It's a reflection of failures of the DSA leadership, and the failures of
@AOC
and the Squad." - Kshama Sawant
@cmkshama
Kshama Sawant
@cmkshama
“Capitalism uses the divide and rule strategy in order for a tiny minority at the top exploit the billions of workers on the planet.” It’s time to fight back ✊🏼✊🏽✊🏾✊🏿
Working people are falling behind, while billionaires hoard the wealth WE create. We need to fight back!
Sign our petition to support our demands & become a monthly donor TODAY. Launch events are coming to major cities around the country – join us at !
"If we're serious about turning things around, if we’re serious about unionizing Amazon & workplaces across the country, we cannot just tweak the status quo. We need a reckoning”-Kshama Sawant at the launch of Workers Strike Back
Watch the full speech now
Watch
@cmkshama
on
@RevBlackNetwork
: Workers Strike Back stands w/ UPS Teamsters urging workers to vote NO & escalate to win more. Register for our public meeting SUNDAY @ 3 pm ET to discuss the contract & get organized. All in solidarity are welcome:
UPS Teamsters: “Vote No & Escalate the Fight to Win a Strong Contract”
THIS SUNDAY, 3pm ET -join Workers Strike Back, rank & file Teamsters,
@TeamstersMobliz
& Joe Allen author “The Package King” to get organized to fight for more
Read the full statement
Democrats on
@SeattleCouncil
just voted against the rent control bill from
@cmkshama
. This is a slap in the face to 360k renters in Seattle who face skyrocketing housing costs.
@MLKLabor
should revoke endorsement of
@CMAndrewJLewis
& all Democrats who just voted against workers.
Blame for the horrific rail crash in OH lies w/ wealthy rail bosses & their political servants who put profit over safety. Workers Strike Back stands w/
@railroadworkers
in their call to nationalize the railroads. We need democratic worker control, not rule by billionaire bosses.
Squad member Cori Bush has lost to the Democratic establishment.
Like AOC & Bowman, Bush helped block rail workers' strike. She rushed to endorse Harris.
Working & young people are tired of being sold out & didn't show up for her.
We need a new party.
Amazon Labor Union president Chris Smalls
@Shut_downAmazon
speaking to a crowd of KCVG Amazon workers, union & community supporters fighting for $30 and a union: “The world is watching y’all. They are inspired by what’s going on here. When you win, we all win”
#UnionizeAmazonKCVG
All workers win if UPS workers get $25/hr & a strong contract. Workers Strike Back firmly supports the fight for a NO vote.
A strong labor movement is built through robust debate around real issues, not by telling workers who we can or cannot listen to.
Nobody has the right to tell our coworkers “Hey, I know better about your conditions than you do. Do what I say.” Groups like this don’t believe in workers figuring out this world for themselves. They see us as pieces for them to play with.
We met California Democrat
@RoKhanna
on the
@UAW
picket line. Khanna was among many Democrats who voted to break a railroad strike last December. Now he wants photo ops with striking auto workers.
Workers need leaders who fight for us, not ones who pay lip service & stab us in
Teamsters leadership just signed a tentative agreement w/ UPS. But it's the 340,000 UPS Teamsters who will decide whether to accept it, or to vote “No” & demand more. Workers should be allowed to see the full contract language & have a full, democratic debate.
Voting August 3-22
💥“WE’VE CHANGED THE GAME”: TEAMSTERS WIN HISTORIC UPS CONTRACT💥
Today, the
#Teamsters
reached the most historic tentative agreement for workers in the history of
@UPS
, protecting and rewarding more than 340,000 UPS Teamsters nationwide.
#1u
Yesterday in Seattle, the renters’ movement led by socialist city councilmember
@cmkshama
and Workers Strike Back won the first ever cap on late fees for rent in the city, limiting the amount landlords can charge for late rent to just $10 per month.
Biden & Trump are both anti-worker, capitalist warmongers.
We need to fight back.
Join Workers Strike Back &
@drjillstein
JULY 21 for our Inaugural Zoom Conference to discuss the path to end the war on Gaza & build an independent, antiwar alternative.
As Democrats sell out workers,
@cmkshama
&
@drjillstein
spoke w/ Boeing workers on
@IAM751
picket line about how to win their strike.
We need mass rallies to support Boeing workers & win their demands: 40% raise + annual bonus, retroactive pensions & ending mandatory overtime.
Inside DNC:
@KamalaHarris
beat the war drums,
@AOC
bent the knee to warmongers.
OUTSIDE DNC:
@drjillstein
&
@cmkshama
rallied hundreds (+over 140k online) to END the genocidal war on Gaza & U.S military aid to Israel.
No Harris, No Trump!
#JillStein2024
Chris Hedges: "I have to admit to being an unabashed fan of Kshama Sawant,
@cmkshama
. We don't live in a democracy. We just saw Biden sell out the railroad workers. The only hope for our democracy is you. Organizing the working class is the most important tool we have."
Last year, union membership declined to a record low – 10.1 percent.
This might be surprising - unions are more popular than ever! 71% say they support labor unions, the highest level since 1965.
So why is union membership still declining? How do we turn it around?
UPS Teamster Phil Snyder explains why he's voting "No" on the proposed contract & why workers should escalate to fight for more
Join the public meeting w/ Workers Strike Back TODAY, Sun @ 3pm ET/12 PT. All UPS Teamsters & supporters welcome! Register now:
The Supreme Court just ruled 8-1 in favor of the bosses in the anti-union case Glacier NW v. Teamsters. The court majority, including two Obama appointees, has shamefully made it easier for bosses to sue unions for the economic losses to business when workers go on strike.
We stand with rank-and-file UPS Teamsters in Local 639 in Washington, DC who released this letter calling for a NO vote and for Teamsters to fight for $25/hour, part-time benefits after 30 days, AC retrofitted in all vehicles, and more.
Read the full letter 👇
Last weekend, grocery workers at PCC rallied alongside Workers Strike Back and community members for a new contract around seven bold demands, including a $25/hour starting wage.
Why the hell is the minimum wage so low? The cost of living continues to skyrocket, working people are struggling to get by, and we are being forced to work multiple low-paying jobs in order to make a dent in our bills.
Kshama Sawant,
@cmkshama
: "When the Dobbs ruling was leaked, there were no mass protests organized by the large women's organizations. Who organized protests?
@SocialistAlt
. 1000s came out. But it was a grim reminder of the fact that the Democrats failed to codify Roe v. Wade."
Renters in Seattle were paying $100s for being even a day late on rent. WSB organized w/
@cmkshama
to cap the fees at $10/mo. Today, we defeated the landlord lobby & won!
When we fight, we can win! That's why we launched Workers Strike Back. Get involved:
We have WON a cap on late rent fees in Seattle at $10/mo, proposed by my office.
@SocialistAlt
, union members,
@wrkrsstrikeback
& renters mobilized & forced Democrats to reverse their effort to water it down. Now we need to fight for rent control & a full Renters’ Bill of Rights
“This is the most important lesson from our example of socialist politics in Seattle. When wrkrs and young ppl get organized & fight, we can win…instead of backing down, we need to build the unity of working-class ppl & fight back fiercely & proudly.”
Kshama Sawant
@cmkshama
: "A union is a way for workers to get organized and fight as one unit. Without that, what it means is we are all individuals, and as individual workers, we have zero power."
🚨Striking workers at
@UMich
are under attack! The courts declared their strike illegal. Workers are not backing down!
Every union should donate. WSB is giving $500 to the strike fund. Any elected leader claiming to support workers should put their $$ where their mouth is.
@AOC
Today
@UMich
officially docked pay for striking workers. We are already struggling to pay our groceries. By docking our pay, the administration is putting us at risk of eviction. Help us make rent as we keep fighting - support our strike fund now:
🚨
@CornelWest
has endorsed our fight for rent control in Seattle. City council votes TOMORROW, 8/1 on
@cmkshama
's legislation for strong, universal rent control w/ no corporate loopholes.
Join us - PACK CITY HALL tmrw @ 2pm & demand Democrats vote “Yes".
The housing movement, rent control and no eviction is escalating in a beautiful way! Decent housing is a human right! This is manifesting clearly in this struggle in Seattle!
Press Release:
In a near-unanimous vote at a National Conference of more than 250 working ppl, Workers Strike Back has ENDORSED the independent, antiwar, pro-worker Presidential campaign of
@drjillstein
.
We need an alternative to Trump & whichever warmonger the Dems pick to replace Joe Biden.
Yesterday the Biden administration, which claims to support LGBTQ people, opened the door to wide-ranging bans on trans students participating in school sports. Let's be clear: this is a capitulation to the right wing & an attack on trans people carried out by the Democrats.
Harris is NOT a working-class leader.
Union leaders need to be honest that Harris is a loyal representative of the billionaires and their pro-war, anti-worker agenda.
No to Harris. No to Trump.
Join
@drjillstein
&
@cmkshama
Aug 20. Protest the DNC:
She’s our leader!
@KamalaHarris
shows us w/
@Tim_Walz
pick that she’s in touch with the country and what we need to win. People are hungry for this kind of leadership - speaking directly to the people about our struggles, needs, and how we fix it together.
#Labor
#WinningTicket
Olivia is a grocery worker and rank-and-file member of UFCW 3000. She organized alongside her coworkers to fight valiantly against the repeated attempts of City Council Democrats to repeal the $4/hour pandemic hazard pay Seattle’s rank-and-file grocery workers had won. 🧵
Workers Strike Back is joining forces with the rank-and-file union caucus Railroad Workers United (RWU) in their call for democratic public ownership over the railroads!
The Democrats and Republicans both answer to the billionaires, that’s why working people keep getting screwed. Even so-called progressives in Congress have completely failed to fight against the establishment, and offer no solutions. 🧵
Kshama Sawant
@cmkshama
“The business unionist strategy is totally bankrupt and has to end…Labor leadership being tied at the hip to the Democratic Party…the Democratic Party is not on our side and workers need a party of their own”
#partyforworkingpeople
#unionizeAmazonKCVG
"Whether it's a question of the union movement, a contract battle, or the electoral arena, or BLM and social movements, the strategy is: can we organize around concrete demands that will bring in the rank-and-file?" -
@cmkshama
TODAY watch Kshama on
@BadFaithPod
with
@briebriejoy
as she talks about Workers Strike Back and the left political landscape today.
To stay up to date on appearances like this & find out more about our own broadcast make sure you sign our petition🔥
TOMORROW, 8/20 at 3PM ET, noon PT, join UPS workers organizing alongside Workers Strike Back to discuss building for a NO vote and a stronger contract! REGISTER HERE!
"The bosses & political establishment are not afraid of any one individual. They are afraid of an army of people that shows up and exposes the rottenness of the politicians who speak from both sides of their mouth." -
@cmkshama
UPS Teamsters: vote NO by August 22!
Rank-&-file UPS Teamster & Workers Strike Back activist Steve Capri explains why UPS workers should vote NO on the tentative agreement & get organized to fight for more, including $25/hr for part timers.
full video:
Seattle Workers Strike Back union activists called on self-described progressive & labor Democrat, City Councilmember
@CMTMosqueda
, to publicly declare support for our rent control legislation. Watch the video to see how Democrats deflect responsibility to working people.
🚨The right to strike is under attack!
Last year, the Supreme Court repealed Roe v. Wade, dismantling hard-won abortion rights. Now, in Glacier NW v. Teamsters Local 174, the Court is shamefully prepping to make unions pay for the economic losses to business when workers strike.
Thanks to all who joined Workers Strike Back today in Kansas City, including
@drjillstein
,
@cmkshama
&
@socialistmma
.
We’re building around the US to take on the two parties of big biz & oppose the genocidal war on Gaza. No Harris, No Trump!
Join today:
Workers Strike Back is going all out to support unionizing Amazon workers at the largest air hub in the country, known as KCVG, during our “Prime Time to Unionize Amazon” Week of Action, July 7-15!
NYC’s launch of Workers Strike Back is in just 5 days!!! It will feature
@BadFaithPod
's
@briebriejoy
speaking with Seattle’s socialist city councilmember
@cmkshama
, president of CPW-UAW Cora Bergantiños-Crespo, and Ben Rosenblum of the Writers Guild of America (
@wgaeast
).
WE ARE STARTING! We’re being kicked off by emcee Dan Kroop, discussing the DESPERATE need for a fighting movement for working people in NYC, and beyond.
We need unions that aren't afraid to strike. We need union leaders who know the bosses aren't on our side. We need unions independent of the 2 parties of big biz. We need a rank & file rebellion to transform our unions, fight the bosses & win.
Read more:
What is Workers Strike Back fighting for?👉Workers need a REAL raise
👉Good union jobs for all
👉Fight racism,sexism & all oppression
👉Quality affordable housing & free healthcare 4 all
👉No more sellouts–we need a new party!
To win we need YOU! Join
"We are talking about a political revolution...it is going to come through militant, organized labor, which uses the strongest weapon we have - the strike. The ability to cripple the oligarchic elites and make them very, very afraid." -
@ChrisLynnHedges
WSB activists in NYC were out with hundreds of picketing members of Writers Guild of America on their 1st day of striking. 1000s of unionized writers who have been underpaid in the streaming era went on strike, bringing production to a halt in the 1st writers’ strike in 15yrs.🧵
Throughout the past week Workers Strike Back activists nationwide have held rallies, canvasses, tables, and speak-outs to build support for Kentucky Amazon workers fighting for $30 an hour and a union at Amazon's largest airhub in the country.
@AmazonUnionKCVG
Solidarity with striking workers at the University of Michigan! These workers are facing relentless attacks from the bosses, the courts, and the police, but they’re not backing down!
@geo3550
Join us for our LAUNCH in NYC! We'll be hearing from Seattle's socialist City Councilmember
@cmkshama
,
@briebriejoy
, Ralph Nader, Northern Kentucky Amazon Air Hub workers from the
@AmazonUnionKCVG
organizing committee, & others from the local & national labor movement!
Bernie is calling on progressives not to run. He’s wrong! We need a strong left challenge. But challengers within the Dems -
@marwilliamson
&
@RobertKennedyJr
- are following the same dead end. They will only hold back what's needed: a clean break from the rotten Democratic Party
“That’s why along with
@SocialistAlt
& others, I’m announcing the launch of such a national movement, Workers Strike Back, instead of my run for re-election again in Seattle’s D3. We have no illusions that a movement can be built overnight, but we urgently need to get started.”
As both parties pour billions into the Israeli war machine,
@cmkshama
, WSB & Abandon Harris are on the streets of Dearborn building the largest vote for antiwar candidate
@drjillstein
!
REGISTER NOW for our rally w/ Stein & Abandon Harris SUNDAY @ 2 pm ET:
Researchers and Post-Docs organized in
@UAW4121
at the University of Washington are fighting for a fair contract. In February, they voted by over 90 percent to authorize a strike.
Yesterday, socialist Councilmember Kshama Sawant presented her legislation that would ban caste discrimination in Seattle – the 1st legislation of its kind in the country. Caste discrimination and oppression directly affects immigrant workers and people of South Asian origin. 🧵
SIGN the petition: pledge to vote "No" - help build the fight to win the strongest possible contract at UPS!
We need to get organized for minimum part-timer pay of $25/hour, catch-up raises of $0.75 per yr of service, no Sunday delivery & more. Sign now:
Watch the video Amazon and X don’t want you to see. 👇👇
@elonmusk
& co removed this video & froze
@AmazonUnionKCVG
’s account for “posting private information” - because it listed a union-busting Amazon manager’s phone #
Would be a shame if it spread around😏
"The strategy of refusing to go on strike, refusing to use a fighting approach, doesn't work. You can't have a union leadership looking to find unity between the workers & the greed of the bosses. You have to understand that there is an adversarial relationship." -
@cmkshama
Hundreds of thousands of workers have been on strike in France since president Macron’s attack on the state retirement system was undemocratically forced through by using article 49.3 of the Constitution sidelining the parliament.
Vote “No” and Escalate the Fight to Win a Strong Contract at UPS!
👉Meeting starting NOW - Join Workers Strike Back, UPS Teamsters, and supporters to discuss the contract & get organized to fight for more.
Zoom link here:
Workers Strike Back stands w/
@amazonteamsters
striking & picketing at warehouses in CA, NJ, MA & CT. We demand reinstatement of all 84 Amazon drivers fired for unionizing. We need a united struggle of
@Teamsters
,
@amazonlabor
& all workers for $30/hr & a union at Amazon!
SUBSCRIBE NOW! 1st episode coming Sept 14:
@cmkshama
has won huge victories in Seattle - the 1st major $15 wage, the Amazon Tax for affordable housing, the first-in-nation ban on winter evictions & more.
👇Subscribe to media that has a strategy to win👇
COMING SOON...ON STRIKE! A video broadcast w/ Kshama Sawant & Bia Lacombe.
Workers are falling behind. We're repeatedly sold out & betrayed. We need our own media & orgs to take on the bosses, their political servants & win.
SUBSCRIBE & tune in Sept 14:
We need a mass mvmt to end racist policing — to put police under control of democratically-elected community boards with full power over department policy, hiring and firing. We demand an end to the violent “hotspot policing” that Dem politicians have embraced across the country.
“The UPS contract expires in 52 days. If we don’t have a fair contract by July 31, we look forward to going on strike the very next day.” - Luigi Morris, UPS worker and rank-and-file member of Teamsters 804 and
@left_voice
"I've gotten pushback in my union. It's analogous to
@TheDemocrats
. They don't want to discuss some of the issues - transparency, accountability...the negotiations with WGA are happening behind closed doors...Unions are supposed to be run by us." - Ben Rosenblum, WGA writer
The biggest owners of
@UPS
aren't individuals. They're Vanguard & BlackRock, big capital firms who together own ≈100,000,000 shares.
They profit by underpaying workers.
Join WSB &
@TeamstersMobiliz
Sunday@ 3pm to get organized, vote NO & fight for more
Right now @ Amazon's biggest air hub, KCVG, the most important union drive in the country is underway. But it’s not being covered by corporate media. Tune in Sept 14 for the 1st episode of On Strike, about this critical fight.
SUBSCRIBE NOW
Sneak peek of the 1st episode of On Strike!
@cmkshama
and
@beatrizlacombe
discuss the fight for $30/hr & a union at Amazon’s biggest air hub, KCVG in Kentucky. Tune in next THURSDAY for frontline footage & strategies to win. SUBSCRIBE & tune in Sept 14:
REGISTER NOW for the Inaugural National Zoom Conference of Workers Strike Back
Join workers like Joan along w/ antiwar Prez candidate
@DrJillStein
, socialist & former Seattle Councilmember
@cmkshama
&
@RevBlackNetwork
co-founder Nick Cruse.
Register here
Passing
@cmkshama
's bill would generate huge momentum for strong rent control & put a spotlight on Democrats in WA State, who have shamefully kept in place a statewide ban on rent control for decades.
29 states have similar bans. We need to overturn these bans everywhere.
🔥 OUR DEMANDS 🔥
➡️ Workers Need a Real Raise
➡️ Good Union Jobs for All
➡️ Fight Racism, Sexism & All Oppression
➡️ Quality Affordable Housing & Free Healthcare for All
➡️ No More Sell Outs—We Need a New Party
One year ago,
@AmazonLabor
made history, winning the 1st union at a US Amazon warehouse. Now Amazon workers are fighting for $30/hr & a union at the critical KCVG AirHub
Workers Strike Back is donating $5,000 to
@AmazonUnionKCVG
to build the fight to
#UnionizeAmazonEverywhere
✊
Last week in 13 cities across the country, workers and young people came out with Workers Strike Back to stand in solidarity and build the movement to unionize Amazon at their largest air hub, KCVG.
@AmazonUnionKCVG
Our movement is fighting to end the genocidal war on Gaza, for good union jobs & more. To win, we need to organize - in our workplaces & on the streets.
Join
@cmkshama
,
@DrJillStein
&
@SocialistMMA
at our INAUGURAL ZOOM MEETING July 21 @ 2pm PT/5 ET
RSVP
Varun from
@cmkshama
office explains: while workers were buckling under 10% inflation, bosses made record profits last year. Capitalism has failed working people! Now that the economy is in crisis, they’re still trying to put it on the backs of workers w layoffs-we need socialism
Kshama Sawant
@cmkshama
“the gambling of the billionaires has created multiple bubbles…now they are getting bailed out by the Biden administration at the expense of the working class” “workers have no choice but to fight back…starting by unionizing”
#unionizeAmazonKCVG
SEATTLE: rank & file PCC workers in
@UFCW3000
demand all “progressive” & “labor” Democrats vote YES on
@cmkshama
's strong rent control - this is a labor issue!
Join Maddy & Jordan to PACK CITY HALL for the final rent control vote TOMORROW 8/1 @ 2pm!
Workers have watched as the wealth of the billionaire class skyrockets at our expense. We need unions to defend ourselves, because the bosses won’t be happy until we are working day and night for next to nothing. So what kind of unions do workers need?
This flows directly from Bernie’s decision to stay within the Democratic Party, which fought viciously against him & his agenda in his runs for President. Biden has carried out huge attacks on workers. Still
@BernieSanders
,
@AOC
& the Squad are doing backflips to cover for him.
“UPS made profits of $13 billion last year alone on top of handing $10B to stockholders while driving down workers’ living standards for decades. This contract fight is the chance to make up for the losses of the past 20+ years. We can make huge gains if we continue the struggle”
‼️SEATTLE MEETING TODAY‼️
Join Workers Strike Back for our first monthly public meeting to discuss the need to bring the railroads into democratic public ownership.
Logan Swan Iron worker “Working class people are being pressed on all sides…attacks on the right to strike…wages haven’t kept up…a victory at KCVG would be absolutely explosive.” “A success at KCVG will be a decisive step forward for workers organizing”
@AmazonUnionKCVG
‼️SAG-AFTRA IS ON STRIKE‼️
Members of the Screen Actors Guild-American Federation of Television and Radio Artists (
@sagaftra
) have gone on strike, joining screenwriters who walked off the job in May. Striking together gives writers & actors far more power to win their demands.
Join Workers Strike Back for a WEEK OF ACTION to support Amazon workers w/
@AmazonUnionKCVG
fighting for $30/hr & a union at the biggest Amazon Air Hub in the world. SIGN UP for events in Bay Area, Philly, Pittsburgh, Seattle, Boston, Houston & NYC. Fight Amazon’s union busting!
Last week Workers Strike Back joined rallying letter carriers in Minneapolis where NALC Branch 9 is pointing the way forward for how over a quarter million postal workers nationwide can win a strong contract this year: building a militant membership that’s ready to fight!