our work

We have been working to bring socialism to campus, the Detroit area, and the state of Michigan in general since our founding in 2019. We have done everything from working on electoral campaigns, providing strike support, participating in rallies and marches, and everything in between. This is a non-exhaustive list of all the work we have done since our founding, in order by year.


2019

  • Rallied for the 2019 Climate Strike

  • Provided strike support for UAW workers at GM during their strike

  • Held Labor 101 classes with Jane Slaughter, former editor at Labor Notes

  • Participated in the 2019 Douglass-Debs Dinner with Rashida Tlaib and other officials

  • Canvassed for the Ferndale 4 All campaign, working to elect a socialist mayor and city councilwoman in Ferndale

  • Phonebanked, canvassed, rallied and volunteered for Bernie Sanders during his 2020 campaign

2020

  • Campaigned for the #FixTheElevators campaign started by the Coalition of Unions at Wayne State

  • Held a townhall with Rashida Tlaib and others on campus about canceling student debt

  • Held protests on campus against Trump's strikes on Iran

  • Campaigned for the Student Senate's LGBT Student Life Resolution

  • Marched during the George Floyd rallies

  • Provided strike support for graduate students at the University of Michigan during their strike

  • Attended the 2020 YDSA Conference held in Chicago, Illinois

  • Attended the 2020 YDSA Convention held online

2021

  • Marched during 2021 Wayne State Pride

  • Provided strike support for professors at Oakland University during their strike

  • Marched with the Black Student Union and other student organizations during the vandalism incident in Atchison

  • Held a townhall with Abdul El-Sayed on campus about Medicare For All

  • Held the 2021 Labor Notes Detroit Conference here on campus, where over 200 labor union leaders and members met

  • Provided strike support for Kelloggs' workers in Battle Creek during their strike

  • Elected multiple members to the Wayne State Student Senate

    • Sent a statement of support to the entire campus for Palestine during the May 2021 attacks on Palestine by Israel

    • Sent a statement of support to the entire campus for the Operating Engineers on campus during their bargaining

  • Flyered campus in support of Wayne State Professors during their bargaining

  • Attended the 2021 YDSA Conference held online

  • Attended the 2021 YDSA Convention held online

2022

  • Provided strike support for Great Lakes Coffee workers during their strike

  • Held a townhall in support of abortion rights on campus

  • Held an anti-war rally in response to the war in Ukraine

  • Marched in support of abortion during the overturning of Roe v Wade

  • Provided support for University of Michigan nurses during their negotiations

  • Marched in support of Wayne State graduate students during their bargaining

  • Attended the 2022 YDSA Conference held in Chicago, Illinois

  • Attended the 2022 YDSA Convention held in Minneapolis, Minnesota

On going work

  • We hold political education events during our meetings, teaching members about Marxism and Leninism

  • We are holding the Save Our Campus campaign

  • We are members of the Coalition of Unions at Wayne State

  • We design literature to put around campus promoting YDSA

  • We hold social events for our members

  • We write in our own publication, The Working Warrior