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Friends,
⏳ This is our FINAL weekend of canvassing before Tuesday’s general election! We only have three canvasses left before the big day! ⏳
It’s been a long campaign since we launched all the way back in the spring, and it’s all culminating in these crucial final days as we go all out to send Shaun Scott to Olympia as the first socialist legislator in over 100 years. 🌹
Let’s use this weekend to send one final message to big business and the super-rich - working people and the oppressed need a working class fighter in the 43rd! ✊
Join us on Saturday, Sunday, and Monday to hit the doors and make one last push before the election! Links and canvass information below! (And don’t forget - tomorrow we have a special canvass launching from the Lenin Statue in Fremont at 11 AM!) |
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Machinists Fight On For Strong Contract, SDSA Stands With Them |
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This week's update comes from Ky, a Boeing machinist with IAM District 751 and a Seattle DSA member:
My fellow Boeing machinists and I are on week eight of our strike. Workers all around have been supporting us in words and deeds as we fight on, demonstrating the value of worker solidarity. Meanwhile, Boeing is losing billions as factories remain idled. Yesterday, the company proposed another offer that the IAM 751 negotiating committee put forward to a vote. This offer only added a 3% general wage increase since the last offer that was voted down by the union membership.
Outsiders might wonder why the negotiating committee would endorse such a small improvement on an offer that was just rejected by machinists last week. The answer is simple: Boeing and it's CEO, Kelly Ortberg, have threatened to hire scabs, move production out of the Pacific Northwest, and make regressive future offers if the membership rejects this latest proposal. Unfortunately, the negotiating committee caved under those threats. It is now up to the membership. Will we call Boeing’s bluff?
Let's make something clear: threats from Boeing are nothing new. In 2011, they threatened to move 787 production if we didn't vote to extend the contract. In 2014, Boeing threatened to move 777X production, but instead of just a 10-year contract extension, they also wanted us to vote away our pensions. In both cases, we learned that the company had already made their decision before any ballot was cast. What did we get in return for conceding to Boeing? Billions paid out to shareholders and executives while machinists struggle to make ends meet amidst an affordability crisis.
This time the membership should know better. Boeing has no intention of moving production. They have spent millions into retooling the Everett facility for a new 737 line. There is no way Boeing would throw away billions to take production somewhere else. To my fellow machinists: do not cave to their threats, we do not cower!
Seattle DSA and workers everywhere continue to stand with Boeing machinists as they fight for a strong contract. An injury to one is an injury to all.
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Thursday, Nov 14, 5:30pm (Film starts) The Electrical Workers Minority Caucus, Members for Human Rights is presenting a screening of the documentary Israelism. The film follows two Jewish Americans as they learn first-hand about the history of Palestine and Israel. |
