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May Day March
Read more: May Day MarchMacArthur Park, 5/1, 10 am Over 100 operators and a dozen mechanics at LA Metro have been affected by the Trump & Newsom administrations cancellation of commercial drivers licenses (CDLs). Join in solidarity with unionized LA Metro workers standing up to restore CDLs for our operators and mechanics! Stand against ICE! Meet other unionists and workers in LA who share our struggle for labor conditions we all deserve! Gather at the southeast corner of 6th and Park View at 9:45 am
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For a Working Class May Day
Read more: For a Working Class May DayNot a Democratic Party May Day Zoom discussion, Sunday, April 26 at 1 pm bit.ly/tm-025 As the U.S. ruling class escalates its war on Iran, they’re ramping up brutal domestic attacks against workers using ICE, and our economic conditions are worsening by the day. Gas and food prices are going up while [Teamster President] Sean O’Brien is basically there to ensure the Teamsters keeps bleeding members. On this call, union members will present on how we are organizing to ABOLISH ICE! and OPPOSE IMPERIALIST WARS!, plus how we can build up our ability to wage militant strikes-including preparing for a GENUINE […]
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For Democratic Unions!
Read more: For Democratic Unions!Out with the Bureaucracy! Unions are organs of workers defense, yet they are led by bureaucrats who care only for their perks and privileges. It’s for this reason the brass seek “friends” among the bosses while silencing the rank and file, avoiding the class battles necessary to defend our interests. To empower the membership, and as part of the fight for a new, class-struggle leadership, COFTU calls for: Click here view to our main demands.
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Teamsters Against ICE
Read more: Teamsters Against ICECOFTU has endorsed the petition below, initiated by Teamsters Mobilize: We, the undersigned Teamsters and supporters of the union movement, demand that the International Brotherhood of Teamsters leadership […]
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Rally of September 25
Read more: Rally of September 25Unions: Defend Anti-ICE Bus Drivers SMART bus operators Seán Broadbent and Jaime went public in the LA Public Press in July saying that they and around 30 of their coworkers had vowed to not let unidentified, masked and armed ICE agents without a warrant onboard. As a result, they were both fired. After Seán went back to the media saying this was retaliatory, the discipline was reduced to a 60-day suspension. But this remains a threat to the rest of the workforce. So we in the Committee for One Fighting Transit Union (COFTU) joined with other Metro workers and formed the […]