Starbucks workers on STRIKE today at the Ansley Mall location at 1544 Piedmont Rd NE, Atlanta, GA 30324. These workers are unionizing to fight for better pay, safer work conditions, and fair schedules at work! DSA is joining Starbucks workers on the picket line today until Noon: take some time today to pay a visit and support the Starbucks union!
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🍺 Eat Drink & Be Marxist 🍺
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Join us at our in-person socialist social Saturday, Feb 11th, at 8:00 PM at Joystick Gamebar, 427 Edgewood Ave SE. Come for dinner, drink, and conversation. Enjoy comradeship and a brew with DSA and friends!
Since COVID is still a risk, we ask that you only attend if you're fully vaccinated.
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🍎 Live Panel: Building Power for Public Workers 🛠
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Join us Wednesday, Feb 15th, at 7:00 PM for a live panel featuring organizers from United Campus Workers of Georgia (UCW-GA) & more for a discussion on public sector organizing, pre-majority unions, and how public sector workers can take steps or organize their workplaces! A link to attend this virtual event will be emailed upon RSVP
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Thursday, Feb 23rd @ 7 PM, ATL DSA’s book club will read and discuss Chapter 4 of Elite Capture: How the Powerful Took Over Identity Politics (And Everything Else) by Olúfẹ́mi Táíwò.
In this book, Táíwò discusses how the rich and powerful have co-opted identity politics to achieve their own ends. He instead intervenes to suggest how we as socialists can move beyond a "class" vs. "race" binary to reject elitist identity politics in favor of a constructive politics of racial solidarity, and build a better world that works for us all.
Didn't catch the previous meetings? Watch a Recap video.
Our book club takes place every other Thursday on Zoom and is open to both members and nonmembers! Just RSVP at atldsa.org/bookclub to get the link, and pick up the book at haymarketbooks.org while there’s still a sale 😉
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Ever thought about organizing your workplace, but don't know where to start? Join ATL DSA's labor committee for an in-person workplace roundtable at 711 Catherine St SW on Monday, February 20th from 7:00-9:00 PM.
This roundtable will be an informal discussion on workplace organizing strategies, and what challenges people are facing in their own workplaces. Be prepared to introduce yourself, and share your experiences and advice with comrades on having workplace organizing conversations, strategies, and more! This event is open to members and non-members of all levels of experience!
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☕ Support Creature Comforts Workers! ☕
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Creature Comforts brewing workers in Athens are building their new union, the Brewing Union of Georgia, from the ground up! The company has hired an aggressive, expensive union-busting law firm and we need your help to protect workers and win the campaign!
ALL workers at Creature Comforts and beyond deserve a living wage, paid time off, a democratic voice at work, and transparent policies about hiring, promotion, discipline, and diversity.
Management at Creature has brought in an aggressive, expensive union-busting law firm to act as a 3rd party dedicated to destroying this worker-led movement. Management is already threatening workers who support the union with discipline and termination, and using manipulation and misinformation to try to divide workers.
Please consider contributing what you can to help pay for legal costs and the occasional organizing costs of what could be a prolonged campaign. BUG needs your help to win this David vs. Goliath battle!
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🌹 Watch the Public Sector Union Rights Launch Call🌹
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Missed the launch call for our new Public Sector Bargaining Rights campaign last week? Watch the Zoom Recording! Get involved in the fight to win collective bargaining rights for public sector workers in Georgia, and hear organizers explain the basics behind public sector unions, why the right to bargain a contract matters, and what you can do to join the fight to build power for public workers!
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The chapter Steering Committee is submitting a bylaw amendment to be considered by members and voted on at the February 25th General Meeting. You can read the proposed change at atldsa.org/res23-2
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🏥 Free COVID Testing Kits 🏥
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The Post Office is providing another round of four free COVID at-home rapid tests for every residential household. Please stay safe this winter by ordering some free at-home tests!
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Atlanta DSA needs your help with our day-to-day programming! Apply to join or volunteer with one of our many Committees below.
Committees are where we organize our events and actions. Ever wonder who writes these emails, plans a canvass, or organizes strike support? A Committee! Most of our organizing happens through our 6 main committees: Electoral, Labor, Education, Communications, Operations, and Membership. Click here for more information on each committee's work.
If you're looking to help out in a leadership capacity with Atlanta DSA, or just looking to volunteer, sign up to volunteer with a committee today!
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