Sunday April 17: DSA members flyering neighborhoods around the unionizing Howell Mill Starbucks location

All over the country, Starbucks workers are unionizing! Support Atlanta Starbucks Workers United by placing an order at the Starbucks in The District at Howell Mill (1801 Howell Mill Rd) OR the newly filled Starbucks in Newton Plaza in Covington (3130 Hwy 278 NE NW), with the name "UNION YES!" and leaving a cash tip.

Wanna get involved? Check out our upcoming solidarity events below. Also, sign up to volunteer with our Fight for $15 campaign or email [email protected]. For updates, check out atldsa.org/starbucks and follow @SBWUAtlanta on Twitter!

This Thursday at 1pm, DSA members will be visiting the Howell Mill Road store together for a Solidarity "Sip-In" to support the workers in their struggle against anti-union scare tactics from management. The Howell Mill Location votes this Friday on the union, so it's essential we let the workers know the community backs them!

On Friday, May 6th at Eyedrum, local bands are organizing a benefit show with Atlanta DSA to benefit Starbucks Workers United. We'll raise funds for solidarity work with Starbucks workers, and sharing resources and information on workplace organizing. Bring your vaccination cards to show at the door. Entry is free for Starbucks workers.

Join us for Atlanta DSA's monthly General Meeting! We will hear the latest from our chapter's campaigns and committees, discuss current events in the chapter, and debate and vote on resolutions. All members are encouraged to attend!

This meeting will be held in-person Saturday, April 23, 2022 4:00 PM at Park Avenue Baptist Church (486 Park Ave SE).

Remember to please wear a mask unless you are speaking at the microphone!

Join IUPAT, GLAHR, and others for a rally and press release to demand dignity on the job for  workers that are fighting misclassification, wage theft, and intimidation by AEI Painting Contractors LLC. The rally will be held Thursday, April 28th at 10:00 AM at 235 Kennesaw State University Road, Kennesaw, GA 30144. Come with signs to show your support!

For 13 years, Atlanta DSA's Douglass-Debs dinner has brought together Atlanta’s progressive community to honor outstanding role models and leaders, celebrate our accomplishments during the past year, and enjoy an evening of comradeship.

This year, our keynote speaker will be AFL-CIO Southern Regional Director Charles Clark. We will host the 2022 Douglass-Debs Dinner in the IBEW hall on Pulliam Street in downtown Atlanta on Friday, June 3, 2022.

The dinner is a great opportunity to meet with other community activists and hear from inspiring speakers.  Tickets are $50, with reduced-cost tickets available for students and other low-income comrades. We look forward to seeing you there!

For more info visit atldsa.org/dinner

DSA is partnering with the Organizing for Power global training program and invite DSA chapters, national committees, and individual members to participate.

Core skills you will work on:

• Organic leader identification
• Word choice
• Conducting structured organizing conversations
• Charting and list work
• Developing structure tests to gauge, show off and build power

Logistics:

• The training series launches May 10 and runs for six consecutive Tuesdays, finishing June 14.
• Each session is held twice for its global audience, first from 12:00 - 2:00 PM and again from 8:00 -10:00 PM.
• This training is FREE.
• But, advanced registration is REQUIRED and May 2 is the registration deadline.

Our Marxism & Politics Reading Group explores a range of topics in Marxist theory. We will be meeting next Thursday, April 21st, 8:00 - 9:00 PM, where we'll read and discuss and abridged version of Peter Camejo's speech Liberalism, Ultraleftism or Mass Action.

Sign up below to join our reading group! We meet on Zoom every two weeks.

Last week Senator Bernie Sanders and Amazon Labor Union organizers Angelika Maldonado, Michelle Valentin Nieves, and Chris Smalls spoke on how they and their coworkers at the JFK8 Amazon warehouse in Staten Island achieved the most important union victory in decades — and what workers across the country can learn from their experience battling Amazon.

Our Chapter calendar at atldsa.org/calendar has even more meetings and events!