By E. Steele The following article represents the opinion of the author and does not necessarily represent the views of the Detroit Socialist Editorial and Writers’ Collective or Detroit DSA as a whole. Is a strike always the best outcome in a contract campaign? Socialists are often torn between their…

By Chris Viola In its negotiations with the Big Three Automakers, the United Auto Workers wants to eliminate the lower-tier status hurting many electric vehicle workers. A rank-and-file autoworker explains why the fight is central to a just green transition. Chris Viola is an auto worker and member of UAW…

Co-authors: Lauren Trendler, Jane Slaughter, Ian McClure — This Saturday, August 26, Metro Detroit DSA will host its first ever Endorsement Town Hall, 1–3pm at Swords into Plowshares. We will hear from four candidates, two running in municipal races this November and two running for the state House. Come to the town hall to hear these members try…

Co-authors: Layla Taha and Anthony D At Detroit DSA’s inaugural local convention, the Electoral Committee presented a plan for the next year of our chapter’s electoral organizing. An amendment to that plan called “Organizing-focused Socialists in Office (SIO) Committee” passed with 67% of the vote. It asserted that the purpose…

by Anthony D The following article represents the opinion of the author and does not necessarily represent the views of the Detroit Socialist Editorial and Writers’ Collective or Detroit DSA as a whole. This was my first in-person DSA Convention. I was a delegate to the 2021 Convention that was…

by Frances Reade The following article represents the opinion of the author and does not necessarily represent the views of the Detroit Socialist Editorial and Writers’ Collective or Detroit DSA as a whole. Our first chapter convention was unquestionably a huge success and a big step forward for the chapter…

by Chris Viola “We should’ve done this when they were going to close our plant,” a union brother said July 12, as we were watching fellow members shake hands with newly elected UAW international leaders. In November 2018, General Motors announced that five plants, including my own Detroit-Hamtramck Assembly, would…

In this episode, listen as three Detroit DSA members discuss their experience labor organizing at Metro area Starbucks. Check out other articles in The Detroit Socialist’s Building Labor Power series here. The Detroit Socialist is produced and run by members of Detroit DSA’s Newspaper Collective. Interested in becoming a member of Detroit DSA? Go to metrodetroitdsa.com/join to become a member. Send a copy of the dues receipt to: membership@metrodetroitdsa.com in order to get plugged in to our activities!

by Zachary Rioux Nonunion workers at an Amazon facility in Pontiac went on strike on Saturday, July 15. Close to 60 workers walked out at 9AM, bringing work to a near standstill. It was the largest strike yet of an Amazon delivery station in the United States. The action was…