In our Brooklyn PLP club, we’re constantly struggling to get all workers the chance to live with dignity. An opportunity came during the first week of December when, along with a mass organization in which we are active, we participated in the fast food workers’ strike. There were nearly 2,000 people in the rally and demonstration we attended very early in the morning in Manhattan, where we distributed CHALLENGE.
The speakers focused on their rejection of the miserable salary we earn which barely covers our necessities, arguing that workers need $15 an hour and the right to unionize to get benefits.
A comrade from our club spoke at the rally and expressed solidarity with the campaign, and of course, supported the proposed raise in pay for all workers. He connected the campaign against the racist police murder of Eric Garner, observing that unemployment and the miserable salaries that barely keep workers alive deny us from living with dignity. People applauded our comrade warmly.
At the rally we could see the expression on so many people’s faces who wondered about the Grand Jury decision of the previous day, which found no reason to indict the cops who murdered Eric Garner. All of the evidence, all of the images, all of the proof that incriminated this murderer dressed in blue was useless. Now, as a sick joke, they will wear body cameras, even though the entire racist murder was recorded and put on the internet.
We are in the middle of this campaign and will continue in the struggle to win the new friends we made closer to PLP. Although our progress is slow, we’ll forge ahead until we achieve the victory of our international working class.
A Brooklyn Worker