Following the success of multiple immigrant defense resolutions within the Class Struggle Action Network (CSAN) (a class struggle workers coordination of union militants in which we participate), the workers coordination was invited to join a larger trade union united front effort establishing joint work between union militants in many different unions to begin organizing efforts to defend immigrant workers across unions. Party militants along with CSAN members intervened in a strike of Public Schools Employees in Washington.

In Vancouver, Washington, where it is unlawful for public sector workers to strike, support staff workers organized in the Public Schools Employee (PSE) union went on strike, delaying the school district opening, with Evergreen Educators Union (EEA) members who represent the higher paid teachers at the same schools, refusing to cross picket lines across the 38 schools serving 20,000 students in the district joining the strike. At the same time that their strike launched, school janitors in the district, composing a much smaller and isolated bargaining unit, had just settled for a 2 cent raise, stirring conversations among education workers and the janitors to organize for collective strengthening of their struggles through coordination in the future.

Cafeteria workers in the district organized by the teamsters union had a strike authorization vote, and actively walked the line with PSE. In two more districts in Washington education workers went on strike.

Party militants assisted contacts within the The International Association of Machinists (A union of 600,000 active and retired members, covering workers from Boeing and Lockheed Martin to United Airlines and Harley-Davidson, etc), in bringing forward an immigrant solidarity resolution to the unions national conference. A comrade provided material support and participated in picket line activity during September 5 & 6 at the ULP strike of Teamsters Local 492 against Dairy Farmers of America which owns facilities across New Mexico, Colorado, Utah, and California representing approximately 1,000 workers. The Party was present on the Albuquerque, New Mexico picket line and wrote a leaflet to distribute. The United For Class Wide Action caucus that has previously been composed primarily of grocery workers from the chain Fred Myers, resumed regular meetings and has come into contact with a larger group of class struggle militants forming in this union across the country.

Party militants continue to push for class struggle initiatives within the Southern Workers Assembly and have taken leadership positions in some of it’s local territorial sections.

The Party in the U.S. conducted a number of interventions. On Labor day comrades intervened at 7 Labor day rallies/picnics/marches in 4 cities and 2 states.