Socialist Party of NYC

01/05/2024

Interested in the origins of ? In the latest issue of from Socialist Party USA Eric Chester provides a brief overview of the origins and development of the annual day of international solidarity. Read it here:

May Day is celebrated around the world as a day to advance the international solidarity of the working class and to support all of those who resist oppression and seek a new society based on cooperation and equality. Although it has become a global holiday, it has its roots in events that took place...

01/05/2024

Happy to all the workers out there (yes, that includes you!) We stand shoulder-to-shoulder with all our comrades out there in the daily struggle. Let's build a better world now--join us! http://socialistpartyusa.net

17/11/2023

Yesterday's with SBWorkersUnited was a HUGE success--here in NYC and across the country.

According to the organizers:
➡️200+ stores were on strike
➡️500+ ally supported actions happened
➡️4000+ calls to the complaint line jammed up Starbucks HQ

SPNYC was on hand at two non-union locations in Downtown Brooklyn. We interacted with hundreds of folks to let them know about Starbucks's union busting and horrible labor practices.

These events promise to only grow and the pressure to only build. Be sure to be on the lookout for the next round!

13/11/2023

Reminder: we'll be at two locations in Downtown Brooklyn this Thurs Nov 16 in support of SBWorkersUnited during their Red Cup Rebellion!

06/11/2023

Happening next week! Come join us in Downtown Brooklyn!

Starbucks workers are calling on customers and allies to stand in solidarity with them on Red Cup Day - the company’s biggest sales day of the year - and demand that Starbucks respect workers’ right to organize a union. Join the Socialist Party NYC and other labor allies on November 16 for Red C...

02/11/2023

Our statement on the shameful roster of people named to Governor Kathy Hochul's New York State Commission on the Future of Health Care New York State Nurses Association Physicians for a National Health Program (PNHP) - NY Metro Chapter https://www.governor.ny.gov/news/governor-hochul-announces-launch-new-commission-future-health-care

30/10/2023

Join us on November 16 to show solidarity for Starbucks Workers United!

Starbucks workers are calling on customers and allies to stand in solidarity with them on Red Cup Day - the company’s biggest sales day of the year - and demand that Starbucks respect workers’ right to organize a union. Join us on November 16 for Red Cup Rebellion to make sure Starbucks hears wo...

15/09/2023

"Prosecutors charged a former Queens City Council member and top aide to Mayor Eric Adams yesterday. "

https://www.thecity.nyc/2023/9/13/23872712/eric-ulrich-buildings-commissioner-indicted?

Adams appointee Eric Ulrich pocketed $150,000 from associates seeking city actions, Manhattan DA Alvin Bragg charged.

14/09/2023

We are among the 700 orgs supporting this march--please join us to demand immediate action be taken to avert the capitalist-created climate crisis. Let's start by bringing the entire electric generation system under public control to find fast, smart ways to decarbonize the system at-scale.

Jeremy Strong, Edward Norton, Jane Fonda, Mark Ruffalo, Rosario Dawson, Don Cheadle, Alyssa Milano, Marisa Tomei, Alicia Silverstone join climate leaders in sending letter NEW YORK – Ahead of Sunday’s March to End Fossil Fuels in New York City, actors, activists, and climate leaders today joined...

11/08/2023

Lessons from the Teamsters UPS contract negotiations ahead of the UAW fight By Phineas Bogg These past few months have lived up to the promise of a “hot labor summer.” Labor organizing, contract ne…

11/08/2023

Huge win for NYC Organization of Public Service Retirees after being betrayed by the Municipal Labor Committee (UFT - United Federation of Teachers District Council 37, AFSCME Teamsters et al)

A judge blocked a planned switch of their health benefits after months of acrimony.

03/08/2023

We're standing with Teamsters Mobilize -- rank-and-file deserve the best contract possible from UPS. This ain't it. Check out Labor Rising SP's statement. Teamsters Local 804

Just days before their contract was set to expire, the capitalists controlling UPS and the leadership of the Teamsters announced a tentative contract deal. Both sides hailed the terms as being hist…

26/07/2023

Help support SBWorkersUnited as they continue their national push to unionize! We'll be at the Starbucks in Crown Heights on the morning of Monday, August 7 -- come join the Party!

Starbucks has built its business on claims of being a progressive company. Yet its union busting campaign doesn’t live up to these proclaimed values. Thousands of Starbucks workers across the country have organized against Starbucks’ union busting tactics – now it’s time for customers and al...

21/07/2023

Come join SPNYC in Central Brooklyn on the morning of Monday August 7 as we rally in support of SBWorkersUnited and a union store in the community!

Starbucks has built its business on claims of being a progressive company. Yet its union busting campaign doesn’t live up to these proclaimed values. Thousands of Starbucks workers across the country have organized against Starbucks’ union busting tactics – now it’s time for customers and al...

21/07/2023

21/07/2023

Visit www.SocialistPartyUSA.net today!

16/07/2023

12/07/2023

Join us on Friday July 14 @ 7:30am as we rally and practice picket in support of Teamsters Local 804! Sign up here: https://forms.gle/4TbbixidtfYUQt5W7

11/07/2023

" In a blow to Mayor Eric Adams and powerful union leaders, a Manhattan judge temporarily blocked the city Friday from switching all public sector retirees to a privatized healthcare plan. "

https://www.thecity.nyc/2023/7/7/23787595/medicare-advantage-aetna-restraining-order?

The Adams administration had moved to switch 250,000 public-sector retirees to a controversial, privately run health care plan on September 1.

01/07/2023

Ready to support Teamsters Local 804 as they gear up for a potential strike? Join SPUSA next week to show Teamsters we have their back!

Sign up to attend one of two morning practice pickets--July 6 in Maspeth Queens and July 7 in Canarsie, Brooklyn.

As the Teamsters prepare for a possible strike, we want to show our support! Please indicate your availability to join either of the two practice pickets next week. Please indicate which day and site you're able to be at. We're also looking for point people on the ground day-of. This will include br...

01/07/2023

01/07/2023

Interested in helping to build working class power? Follow SPUSA's Labor Rising project to learn more about the Party's work to support and promote labor groups and actions.

Labor Rising is solidarity--we work to support labor organizing, activity, and actions as part of our commitment to building working class power.

30/06/2023

On this day in 1918 – the U.S. Socialist and labor activist Eugene Debs was arrested for violating the Espionage Act of 1917. Debs had given an anti-war speech. He was sentenced to 10 years in prison but released in 1921.

28/06/2023

Upcoming negotiations by these two unions could swing the 2024 election—and help rebuild democracy.

23/06/2023

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16/06/2023

https://www.nytimes.com/2023/06/16/us/daniel-ellsberg-dead.html?smid=url-share

Deeply disturbed by the accounting of American deceit in Vietnam, he approached The New York Times. The disclosures that followed rocked the nation.

09/06/2023

Our anti-democratic "Democracy" in action...

https://www.nytimes.com/2023/06/08/opinion/new-york-campaign-finance.html?

A promising law to encourage more people to run for office is under threat from legislators who rely on big-dollar donors.

26/05/2023

https://www.thecity.nyc/2023/5/26/23738108/sunset-park-landlord-lobbying-eric-adams-aides?

Salmar Properties spent $28,000 on a top influence firm, on top of campaign donations to Eric Adams from family members that exceeded legal limits.

11/05/2023

Socialism is our demand. Anything less is unacceptable.