Events

2023 was a momentous year for labor organizing. There were large-scale strikes in many industries, ending in contracts the workers were happy with. What were some of the highlight?

• May 2nd: The Writers Guild of America (WGA) went on strike for nearly 5 months, fighting Hollywood and streaming services for months to gain proper compensation and defend their creative talents against AI-generated copycats.
• July 14th: The Screen Actors Guild (SAG-AFTRA) went on strike for similar reasons, and fought for almost as long (just shy of 4 months).
• September 15th: United Auto Workers (UAW) faced off against Ford, General Motors, and Stellantis at the same time. The strike lasted for 46 days.
• October 4th-7th: Kaiser Permanente workers, organizing with a coalition of unions, carried out the largest healthcare strike in U.S. history.

This list doesn't include many other smaller strikes that happened all over the country and across different industries. What do these labor struggles have in common? They all won!

We're kicking off 2024 at the Black Cat House with a meeting on January 13th to reflect on the past year and ask ourselves: What happened? Why now? And, perhaps most importantly... How can we accomplish even more in 2024?

This event is free and open to the public. The Black Cat House welcomes all ages, and is a drug and alcohol-free venue. To help keep everyone safe and healthy, we ask that all guests wear face masks in our space. We are wheelchair accessible.