Dear John,

In our current coronavirus crisis, many companies are lobbying for yet another federal bailout. Companies that receive bailout funds during this crisis should be nationalized under democratic worker control. At the very least, bailout funds must come with strict pro-labor strings attached.

One group of workers who are standing up to demand more control and better working conditions are UPS Teamsters, who are delivering essential goods to keep the country going while sheltered-in-place. As you may know from frequent news articles and interviews with people like Richard Hooker, the UPS Teamsters are facing disgraceful and dangerous work conditions that the company is doing next to nothing to address.

One way to help build working-class power is to support the urgent organizing efforts by rank-and-file UPS Teamsters to force management to comply with essential demands around workplace safety by donating to these efforts:

HELP PROTECT UPS WORKERS AND THE PUBLIC FROM CORONAVIRUS

Many teamster locals are beginning to see success in their organizing efforts. On top of that, this is a crucial opportunity for members to build capacity that will extend forward to further fights for working-class power. You can hear details about some organizing efforts in different locals here.

In Solidarity,

Phoenix DSA