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✊ General Meeting Recap ✊
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This Saturday we heard from Atlanta Opera hair & makeup workers organizing with IATSE Local 798 about their union campaign to defeat misclassification and win a contract! Learn more about their campaign at SupportOurCrew.com!
We also engaged in lively debate, voting to launch a campaign to support UPS workers this summer as they prepare for upcoming contract negotiations! We also voted to begin making arrangements for our annual Douglass-Debs fundraiser dinner, and elected Sumter A. as ATL DSA's new membership secretary in a contested election.
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✍ Sign the UPS Strike Ready Pledge! ✍
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Over 340,000 Teamsters at UPS work are gearing up to fight for better pay and treatment on the job when their contract expires on August 1, 2023. If the company doesn't respond to their demands, they are preparing to take part in the largest strike in American history.
In August, DSA and the Atlanta community will be ready to mobilize in support of UPS workers! Sign our #StrikeReady pledge and commit to join workers on the picket line, receive updates, and get campaign texts and phone calls closer to the date!
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🌹 Reproductive Freedom Act Canvass 🌹
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Georgia needs a Reproductive Freedom Act to protect the right to safe abortions!
Join us for an afternoon of outreach to support the RFA, which would enshrine fundamental protections for reproductive freedom into Georgia law, repeal medically unnecessary and harmful abortion restrictions that create barriers to care, and expand access to abortion care. We'll be meeting Sun, April 2nd, 1pm – 4pm at Burger Park. (680 Glendale Pl, Smyrna, GA 30080)
Wear a mask and bring a friend. Make sure to download the free MiniVAN canvassing app ahead of time. Water and snacks will be provided! No experience needed. This event will happen rain or shine, so please bring an umbrella and raincoat in case of rain.
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✊ Stop Atlanta Opera from Union Busting ✊
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THIS WEEKEND: Join us to flyer with IATSE local 798 to grow community support of hair & makeup workers at the Atlanta Opera who are fighting for the right to bargain a contract.
Find them outside of the Ray Charles Performing Arts Center at Morehouse College Friday 3/31 @ 7PM, Saturday 4/1 @ 7PM, and Sunday 4/2 @ 2PM.
Learn more at SupportOurCrew.com ✊ Email questions to [email protected] and RSVP here to join DSA members flyering!
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🚂 Clear The Track for Worker Power 🚂
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Last month Atlanta DSA and YDSA GT joined Railroad Workers and DSA members across the country in rallying to demand accountability from Norfolk Southern after a disastrous train derailment in East Palestine, OH. This Sunday April 2nd at 4:00 PM EST, DSA members from Atlanta and Ohio will join Railroad Workers and the DSA National Labor Commission to discuss the railroad crisis, workers' demands, and where the movement goes from here! RSVP here to get the Zoom link!
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📝Fill Out the 2023 Labor Survey 📝
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At the 2022 Atlanta DSA Chapter Convention, members decided to prioritize our Chapter's labor work. We are building the labor movement by showing up for workers on the picket line, building relationships with rank-and-file union members, and helping our own members organize their workplaces.
But to do this, we need your help! Fill out our 2023 Labor Survey to tell us about yourself, your workplace, and the ways you'd like to help get involved in our work.
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🌹 DSA National Convention Update🌹
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Mark your calendars for Saturday, May 27th! During or May General Meeting, we'll hold elections for seventeen (17) delegates and two (2) alternates to DSA's 2023 National Convention. Interested in running? Note the important dates and deadlines below, and keep reading our weekly newsletter for announcements and updates.
Important Dates
Wednesday, May 10th, noon - Delegate Nominations Open
Monday, May 22nd - First Candidate Bulletin
Wednesday, May 24th - Zoom Candidate Forum
Wednesday, May 24th, 11:59pm - Delegate Nomination Deadline
Thursday, May 25th - Second Candidate Bulletin
Saturday, May 27th - Delegate Elections
July 13th - Convention Registration Deadline
August 4-6th - National Convention
Read the full National Convention timeline at convention2023.dsausa.org/timeline
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Atlanta DSA's Book Club explores a range of topics in socialist theory. In our biweekly meetings, we discuss big picture ideas about history, economics, and politics.
We'll be starting a new book, Prisoners of the American Dream, at our next meeting this Thursday, April 6th, 7pm – 8pm.
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Fighting for the many, not the few
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