Starbucks Strike Support

Feb 22, 2025 | Labor, Quad-City Worker

by Andrew D On a frigid, blustery Christmas Eve, the workers at the Starbucks on 53rd St & Elmore Ave in Davenport stood defiant at the busy intersection. Workers at hundreds of stores organized under Starbucks Workers United had been on strike since December...

Opposite Sides of the Same Coin

Oct 26, 2024 | Labor, Quad-City Worker

The Management of Power by Leaders of Both Movement and Business Unions by See Double Union membership has statistically been shown to raise wages, increase benefits and make lives better for the people that vote “Union Yes.” However, the inner workings of a union are...

QCDSA supports striking IAMAW union

Feb 20, 2022 | Labor

We at the Quad Cities DSA would like to voice our unequivocal support for the striking workers of Lodges 388 and 1191 of the IAMAW union. We are seeing more and groundswells from workers across industries who are demanding their rightful dues, especially when we...

QCDSA Stands with Workers of John Deere

Oct 11, 2021 | Labor

The workers at John Deere are voting to authorize a call for a strike. The 10,000 workers at the twelve plants that span Illinois, Iowa, and Kansas are asking the Fortune 100 company to share its prosperity directly. John Deere has relied on the Midwest community for...

Amazon Will Not Be Good for the Quad Cities

Jul 17, 2021 | Labor

Amazon is building a warehouse in Davenport. The city is spending $3.9 million on road improvements and another $780,000 in infrastructure for the project. Quad Cities DSA strongly opposes this project. This project was negotiated with the city via a third party...