Letters

In this letter, Chris LeMay explains why he joined the WIL.

Despite the commonplace misperception that fast-food workers are lazy, resentful teens who need to learn how to work, the opposite is true. At Jimmy Johns the workers’ mood is very often serious, hopeful, and dedicated. Those workers lacking those qualities soon fail their coworkers and earn the ire both of them and of the management, and they are canned soon enough. This is true, in my experience, in the fast food, restaurant, and service industries generally. Jimmy John’s workers, as members of the working class as a whole, are exploited by Jimmy John’s owners, who,  as members of the capitalist class, exploit the working class as a whole. A worker can go from one employer to another, but a worker cannot escape capitalism, which daily tightens its grip around the class.

This article is a continuation of part 1, which analyzes working conditions at Jimmy John's.

In this article, Marlon Pierre-Antoine explains why he joined the Workers International League.

This article analyzes the working conditions at Jimmy John's.

In this letter, C.S. makes note of experience as a departmental director at an east coast service company.  The workers in the company showed more signs of militancy and solidarity after their benefits were cut in spite of the company remaining profitable.

Beginning of the letter:

"Reading about the GM Ottawa plant [in Issue 40 of Socialist Appeal], I must say that its just like deja vu here in Fenton MO, at the Chrysler mini-van Plant. It goes to show that, just because it’s in your contract, it doesn’t seem to hold much water anymore. By Nov. 1st The St. Louis South Van Plant will be idled, just a nice word for now till they start pulling equipment Nov 2nd..."

In this letter, NB makes note of the history of Klan activity and resistance against the KKK in Western Pennsylvania's coal fields.  The letter goes on further, making note of the KKK being a tool of the capitalists that needs to be fought.