Socialist Alternative Bay Area

Socialist Alternative is a nation-wide organization fighting in our workplaces & communities against the exploitation and injustices people face every day.

[On Strike! @OnStrikeShow]

The most important union drive in the country is happening outside the small town of Florence, KY…at the biggest Amazon air hub in the world.

Corporate media won’t report on it. But we're on the ground, helping to build this fight.

Watch now: https://t.co/SwNdR5fBx5

[Workers Strike Back @wrkrsstrikeback]

In February, Workers Strike Back fought alongside @cmkshama & hundreds of activists & won a historic ban on caste discrimination in Seattle, the first outside South Asia.

Today, the California state Senate voted to do the same.

When we fight—we can win. ✊

[Oakland Education Association @OaklandEA]

Please prepare for the strike to continue Monday. We will let you know as soon as possible if the district makes the movement necessary to reach an agreement. Please continue to email board members to demand they bargain our demands: https://t.co/M2KHUz9Utc.

[Oakland Education Association @OaklandEA]

Our 50+ member bargaining team of educators from all over the district have been waiting ALL DAY for a counter from OUSD. The district put out multiple emails misrepresenting their proposals, but has been MIA at the table. This is what bad faith looks like. #Unite4OaklandStudents

[Oakland Education Association @OaklandEA]

STRIKE DAY 2: Our strike will continue tomorrow. Today we learned that the OUSD board has not authorized the district's bargaining team to bargain in good faith with our team. Tomorrow, we make sure OUSD knows that we will not stop fighting for our students.#Unite4OaklandStudents

[Oakland Education Association @OaklandEA]

Educators do not want to strike. Our team is working hard to reach an agreement. We know a strike isn’t easy for our students & families, but OUSD's bad faith denies our students smaller class sizes, access to counselors, mental health supports & other improved services.

[Oakland Education Association @OaklandEA]

Day 2: Oakland Teachers STRIKE Continues
The Oakland Unified School District has turned a deaf ear, refusing to engage in meaningful dialogue. But we will not be silenced! Join our picket lines at over 80 schools this morning.
#Unite4OaklandStudents
🧵

[Socialist Alternative Bay Area @SABayArea]

Oakland! Kshama Sawant will be here on May 6 and will be speaking on our recent big wins in Seattle - taxing Amazon, capping rent late fees, banning caste discrimination, and WAY more.

Join us for a meeting and rally with the socialist that didn’t sell out!

[Socialist Alternative Bay Area @SABayArea]

Oakland! Kshama Sawant will be here on May 6 and will be speaking on our recent big wins in Seattle - taxing Amazon, capping rent late fees, banning caste discrimination, and WAY more.

Join us for a meeting and rally with the socialist that didn’t sell out!

[Socialist Alternative Bay Area @SABayArea]

Workers Strike Back is getting started in the Bay Area! Come to the Berkeley Public Library (South Branch) on March 4th to build a new workers movement to win big raises, unionize every workplace, fight against all oppression, and more. https://t.co/6vY2TmJPKy

[Socialist Alternative Bay Area @SABayArea]

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 https://t.co/ug8qbKgQc2!

[Workers Strike Back @wrkrsstrikeback]

“But the task of rebuilding the class struggle in America will go nowhere if young people and the rank and file of the labor movement are not clear about the role of the Democratic Party and the need for a new party that serves us, not the rich.”

[Workers Strike Back @wrkrsstrikeback]

“Capitalism needs to be overthrown. We need a socialist world. And that is only possible by mobilizing many millions of working people around genuine socialist ideas and fighting relentlessly for our interests as a class.”

[Workers Strike Back @wrkrsstrikeback]

“At my inauguration in 2014, I said: ‘Let me make one thing absolutely clear: There will be no backroom deals with corporations or their political servants. There will be no rotten sell-out of the people I represent.’

Our socialist Council office has held true to that.”

[Workers Strike Back @wrkrsstrikeback]

“Working and young people cannot afford status quo corporate politics.”

[Workers Strike Back @wrkrsstrikeback]

“That no meaningful progressive change can be won under capitalism without the vicious opposition of the rich and their political servants. And that instead of backing down, we need to build the unity of working-class people and fight back fiercely and proudly.”

[Workers Strike Back @wrkrsstrikeback]

“This is the most important lesson from our example of socialist politics in Seattle. That when workers and young people get organized and fight, we can win.”

[Workers Strike Back @wrkrsstrikeback]

“We’ve had to overcome the combined might of big business, the corporate media, and the political establishment - in our four election victories and in every struggle. Each time, working people refused to back down, and again and again we have prevailed.”

[Workers Strike Back @wrkrsstrikeback]

“Workers in Seattle, alongside my socialist City Council office & @SocialistAlt have won historic victories, such as the $15/hr minimum wage, the Amazon Tax, and landmark renters’ rights. These victories have set a powerful example that has had a nat’l & even internat’l impact.”

[Workers Strike Back @wrkrsstrikeback]

“We cannot afford status quo corporate politics. Working people want to fight back, but we need to get better organized. We need a nationwide movement—an independent, rank-and-file campaign organizing in workplaces & on the streets.” -@cmkshama