Working Class Unity

03/31/2026

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Stockton families deserve safe streets and accountable government.

Today's council item would add $3.15 million to the city's contract with Flock and push the total commitment to $5,416,700 through 2031. This is not a small add-on. It would expand Stockton's deal with a private surveillance vendor to include drones, radar, a mobile security trailer, and AI search tools.

Everyone wants faster response when harm happens. The question before council is whether this expansion will actually make Stockton safer. Before City Hall spends millions more, residents deserve clear public proof that this system works, strong public safeguards, and a full accounting of the costs and tradeoffs.

Sign on to tell Stockton City Council to vote no on File #26-0269 and reject Amendment No. 4. Stockton should invest in public safety that residents can trust, not rush through another expensive expansion for Flock.

03/14/2026

Coffee with WCU is a chance to hear what we are working on and find your place in it: research against Flock surveillance cameras in Stockton, the new Socialism 101 series, monthly After Hours political discussions, plans to connect Know Your Rights work with tenant union organizing, and ongoing BDS research. Join us, talk with us about the work ahead, and learn how you can take part.

03/11/2026

What is this war really about and what should the American left do about it? RSVP - link in bio.

Join WCU for an offline discussion on the U.S.-Israel war on Iran as we ask: if many people do not want another war, why is antiwar sentiment so weakly organized? How does war abroad show up in working-class life here? And what should the left do besides statements and protests? We’ll focus on material analysis, working-class interests, and antiwar politics beyond social media hot takes.

¿Qué es realmente esta guerra, y qué debería hacer la izquierda en Estados Unidos al respecto?

Acompaña a WCU en una conversación presencial sobre la guerra de EE.UU. e Israel contra Irán mientras preguntamos: si tanta gente no quiere otra guerra, ¿por qué el sentimiento antiguerra está tan poco organizado? ¿Cómo se refleja la guerra en el extranjero en la vida de la clase trabajadora aquí? ¿Y qué debería hacer la izquierda además de emitir comunicados y hacer protestas? Nos enfocaremos en el análisis material, los intereses de la clase trabajadora y una política antiguerra más allá de los hot takes en redes sociales.

02/25/2026

We’re holding a monthly tableside chat to practice political analysis with other organizers and community members. February’s topic is United Front vs Popular Front. Those are two different answers to a real problem: lots of groups want the same outcomes, but they do not share the same politics or incentives.

We’re using that framework to talk about immigration policy and enforcement under Trump in 2026, plus the way both parties treat immigration as a labor/market lever. The question we'll be answering is not "what do we do tomorrow," it’s "what kind of coalition builds durable power for workers and tenants, protects our neighbors, and avoids traps that shrink our leverage."

A United Front means: coordinate action around shared demands, keep your own organization, keep the ability to criticize allies, keep your base-building.

A Popular Front means: form a broad alliance that can include liberal parties and governing coalitions; that can win short-term protection or reforms, but it can pull movements into defending decisions they did not control.

The session starts with a short framing (10-15 minutes) and moves into a roundtable discussion.

Live translation services will be available for the February event.

02/11/2026

Are you new to WCU and want an easy way to get started? A worker who wants to organize around housing or the job? Been around for a while and want to reconnect with comrades?

Join us for Coffee with WCU: a casual, small-group hang to meet people, talk about what’s happening locally, and learn how to plug into our work. All are welcome to join, even if you’re not a member of WCU! Come and go as you please.

We’ll share what WCU is building in San Joaquin County: tenant organizing to form tenant associations and win material improvements, expanding our immigration and Know Your Rights (KYR) work to keep our communities safer and connected, and starting workplace organizing.

A WCU member will be there to answer questions and help you find a next step that fits your schedule and comfort level.

10/16/2025

Dealing with landlord problems, unfair rent hikes, or ignored repairs? Facing these issues alone is isolating and rarely effective. Join our Tenant Union workshop to learn how you can connect with neighbors and use your collective voice to get repairs, challenge unfair increases, and win real improvements.

Immigration enforcement is rising across the country. Even if San Joaquin County isn’t seeing the same level of activity as other cities, we can’t be complacent. Working people here have each other’s backs.

Please join us for this community forum.

At this event, we will:

Talk about combating fear through community outreach

Connect volunteers with roles (no experience needed)

Discuss our united front statement and how organizations can sign on

Plan next steps in workplaces, neighborhoods, schools, and congregations

Our pledge is simple: We will not abandon our neighbors. We will not be divided by papers, race, language, party, or zip code. We are building an independent, countywide front of workers to protect one another, together, from the ground up.

08/14/2025

Tenant Union 101
A 90-minute workshop for renters. Learn what a tenant union is, what tenants have won, share your housing issues, and plan simple first steps to organize your building with support from Working Class Unity.

Door‑Knocking Practice for Tenants Organizing
Build confidence talking with neighbors about repairs, rent, and collective action. We’ll practice real conversations, handle common pushback, and make clear, doable asks. This is a practice session, not a lecture.

Know Your Rights
A short, practical meeting to finalize Know Your Rights materials, set up two‑person monitoring shifts at the Stockton ICE facilities, and plan outreach through homes, churches, and workplaces. Open to everyone. Come to learn, ask questions, or sign up for updates.

Conozca Sus Derechos
Reunión breve y práctica para finalizar los materiales de Conozca Sus Derechos, establecer turnos de monitoreo de dos personas en las instalaciones de ICE en Stockton y planear alcance en hogares, iglesias y lugares de trabajo. Abierto a todas las personas. Venga a aprender, hacer preguntas o inscribirse para recibir actualizaciones. Habrá interpretación en vivo al español.

07/18/2025

UPDATE: Republic Services (trash company) now threatening to cancel workers' health insurance Monday unless they end strike and return to poverty wages.

https://tech.workingclassunity.com/republic-services

Republic Services (Sunrise Sanitation, Inc.) has a sweetheart deal with our city. They get to charge us for trash service, then pocket millions while paying Stockton workers poverty wages.

Now they're threatening to cut off healthcare for 35 Teamsters workers who dared to strike for dignity.

While Republic's executives are running a $77 BILLION corporate giant, they're:
- Offering workers a pathetic 30¢ raise
- Threatening to strip healthcare from striking workers
- Spending money on out-of-city scabs instead of paying local workers fairly
- Refusing any improvements to medical coverage or retirement

These union-busting bullies would bring in scabs than respect workers who've served our community for 20+ years.

Call Republic Services now and tell them:

"I pay for waste service that you profit from. Stop threatening workers' healthcare. Stop wasting money on scabs. I stand with the Teamsters. Give landfill workers the competitive wages they are striking for or we'll demand City Council cancel your contract and bring these services back under public control where workers are respected."

It's time to end privatization that lets corporations terrorize workers with our money.

Republic Services uses their city franchise agreement to charge us fees, then pocket millions, while exploiting workers. Call now: settle fairly or lose our city contract! It is time to end privatization that hurts workers.

07/01/2025

06/26/2025

Feria para conocer sus derechos y recursos comunitarios
Domingo, el 6 de julio 4pm - 6pm

Know your rights and Community resource fair
Sunday, July 6th @ 4pm - 6pm

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