Since Black Rose / Rosa Negra (BRRN) was founded 10 years ago, labor hasremained a key focus of our sectoral organizing approach. For ourmembers this has meant organizing the unorganized in campaigns to buildentirely new unions, fighting within existing unions for greaterrank-and-file control, and building the capacity of workers to leadtheir own struggles from the shopfloor. ---- In the last few years ourmembers have participated in paradigm shifting wildcat strikes,successful organizing campaigns in 'right to work' states like Texas andNorth Carolina, massive strikes in higher education in California andNew Jersey, and efforts to build and expand rank-and-file networks ofhealthcare workers. Most recently, our members have been experimentingwith ways to bring the fight for Palestinian liberation into ourworkplace campaigns.We are resolutely committed to building a pole for revolutionaryanarchist politics and strategy in the labor movement. This is reflectedin our recently published political program Turning the Tide, where wespecifically commit to "developing and expanding a militant minority ofanarchists committed to organizing at a rank-and-file level withinstrategic industries."There is perhaps no better opportunity to make the connections for sucha project than at the biennial Labor Notes conference. Labor Notesbrings together thousands of union members for a weekend of criticaldiscussion, training, and workshops. In 2022 the conference saw itshighest attendance ever and this year it is again set to break records.Members of BRRN have been attending Labor Notes for some time and haveorganized, facilitated, and sat on a number of its panels over theyears. During the 2018 edition of Labor Notes, we held an open 'Red &Black Party' adjacent to the conference, which featured anarchistworkers involved in campaigns in the US, UK, and Poland, and allowed forother anarchist and fellow traveler militant unionists to meet and network.This year BRRN is poised to bring over 25 members to the conference,including those of us who are workers in the building trades, transit,healthcare, K-12 education, higher education, public services, andlaboratory science.We are also extremely excited to announce that we are sponsoring theattendance of comrades from our sister organization FederaciónAnarquista Rosario (FAR) in Argentina, who are workers in the publicsector. This comes at a crucial time for the Argentinian labor movement,as workers there have recently undertaken a general strike in responseto the extreme neoliberal program of the newly elected president JavierMilei.This year we plan to host an expanded redux of the 'Red & Black Party',in order to highlight the work many of our members are doing, to hearfrom our comrades in FAR and Spanish comrades from the GeneralConfederation of Labor (CGT), and to provide a space to network withother militant unionists. Details on the party are forthcoming!We are setting our sights high for the conference this year, buteverything that we have planned does not come cheap. From plane ticketsand visa costs, to food, lodging, and party supplies. While BRRN will befronting a significant amount of money for this effort, we are also anindependent political organization that relies only on membership duesand individual donations. But that's where you come in.We're counting on your solidarity to help us continue our effort towardbuilding a wing of the labor movement committed to self-management,class struggle, rank-and-file democracy, direct action, classindependence, and internationalism.Any donations received in excess of our goal will be used for theproduction of Spanish language copies of our political program Turningthe Tide. https://blackrosefed.org/program-may-day-2023/https://blackrosefed.org/labor-notes-fundraiser-2024/_________________________________________A - I N F O S N E W S S E R V I C EBy, For, and About AnarchistsSend news reports to A-infos-en mailing listA-infos-en@ainfos.ca
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