2026-04-02 WCU General Meeting Minutes

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2026-04-02 WCU General Meeting Minutes

Meeting Details

Attendance

Campaign Coordinator: @chima
Membership Coordinator: @Adri_Martinez
Education Coordinator: @Englishpete08
Treasurer: @Turcotte
Secretary: @ckposadas

General membership: @Jacob, @Robert_H, @aleiva01, @Tanner

Recording Check

  • Ensure that meeting is being recorded.

Agenda

Housekeeping

A. Approve Bylaw Changes

Vote on bylaw changes as posted here on March 19th.

Second motion: @Jacob

Discussion

@chima briefly explained the main changes in the bylaws. No comment from general membership.

B. Approve Higher tier for Solidarity Tech

Upgrade WCU’s use of Solidarity Tech from Standard Tier ($79/month) to Professional Tier ($199/month) as shown here.

Discussion

No discussion. Decided to skip the vote for this month.

Campaign Business

C. Petition Language for Flock Camera Removal Campaign

WCU membership voted last month (03/05/26) to create a petition to present at Stockton’s City Council about removing the city’s flock cameras. This month’s vote will be reserved for that petition’s language.

Motion Change

Without a specific proposal from WCU membership, @chima decided to put forward a motion to continue the campaign. The petition language would broadly advocate for the removal of flock cameras (without a compromising half-measure). The specifics will be discussed in future working meetings.

Seconded: @Robert_H

Event Planning

D. After-Hours Topic

Every second Thursday of the month, WCU hosts an “After-Hours” event for casual political discussion. General membership needs to decide a topic for this month’s event.

Chosen topic: Social media and left organizing

Discussion

Three topics were proposed during this general meeting:

  1. Social media and left organizing (@chima)
  2. Strategy for flock removal campaign in Stockton (@ckposadas)
  3. Religion’s role in left organizing (@Tanner)

Stockton Earth Day

With Stockton Earth Day coming up, WCU may plan to table at the event. Deadline to apply for tabling is Wednesday, April 1st, so a decision will have been made before this General Meeting.

Date: April 19th

Discussion

Cambodian New Year’s

With Cambodian New Year’s coming up, WCU steering posited the idea of interviewing people at the event for Voices of the Working Class. Input from general membership is welcome!

Date: April 13th-19th

Also, a Sikh temple is putting on a parade for Cambodian New Year’s on April 19th.

G. May Day

Due to the huge workload WCU has taken on this month, @chima proposed to make this year’s May Day be about standing in front of a theatre WCU has done in the past. WCU will hold two meetings this month to sort out the details.

Seconded: @Jacob

New Member Open House

Scheduled for November 23rd for @Jacob and @aleiva01.

Organizing Conversations

No discussion

Miscellaneous

E. Rules for Voices of the Working Class

WCU plans on creating its own newsletter showcasing various topics the broader San Joaquin community wishes to talk about (e.g. sports, local stories). General membership needs to decide on the rules how articles get submitted and approved.

Motion Change

Due to lack of time, the specific rules for “Voices of the Working Class” were not discussed during the meeting. Instead, the vote changed to approving the creation of the newsletter and writing about Cambodian New Year’s in it.

Seconded: @Jacob

Discussion

F. Endorsing Worker’s Voice Education event

On April 12th, Worker’s Voice will be hosting an education event about the 3rd and 4th internationals. This vote will be held to approve of WCU’s endorsement of the event.

Seconded: @Jacob

Calendar

April 2026

Su Mo Tu We Th Fr Sa
1 2(General) 3 4
5 6 (Steering) 7 8 9 (After Hours) 10 11 (Coffee)
12 (Workers Voice EDU Event) 13 14 15 16 (Steering) 17 18
19 (Stockton Earth Day) 20 21 22 23 (Open House) 24 25 (Flyer Day)
26 (Flyer Day) 27 28 29 30

May 2026

Su Mo Tu We Th Fr Sa
1 (May Day) 2
3 4 5 6 7 (General) 8 9 (Coffee)
10 11 (Steering) 12 13 14 (After Hours) 15 16
17 18 19 20 21 (Steering) 22 23
24 25 26 27 28 29 30
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Voting Record

A. Bylaw Changes C. Flock Petition Language D. After-Hours Topic E. WCU Newsletter F. Worker’s Voice Endorsement G. May Day
@chima Yes Yes Social media Yes Yes Yes
@adri_martinez Yes Yes Social media Yes Yes Yes
@englishpete08 Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
@turcotte Absent Yes Social media Yes Yes Yes
@ckposadas Yes Yes Social media No Yes No
@Jacob Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
@Robert_H Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
@aleiva01 Yes Yes Social media Yes Yes Yes
@Tanner Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes

Quorum

[(8+9+9+9+9+9)/6/2] = 4.4 (rounds up to 5)

Rolling Average

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Would like to add scheduling an Open House + Org Conversation Training day as well.

April 19th in the Sikh Temple parade - if we want to rope that into the same topic as Cambodian New Year’s.

Would like to propose endorsing the next Workers Voice edu event (possibly on the 12th), which will cover the 3rd and 4th internationals.

We should at least start talking about what May Day might look like.

Amazon Organizing Re-cap and Proposal

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Flock Side Quest

Current Status

  • On March 31, city council voted 7-0 to expand Flock rather than slow or stop it.
  • That vote shows the limits of one-off appeals and the need for organized outside pressure.
  • The campaign can move now while PRA work develops in parallel.

Political Line

  • The public demand remains remove Flock from Stockton.
  • We should lead with safety, waste, and private vendor power.
  • We should use common-sense working-class language, not niche surveillance language.
  • We should not return to council until there is stronger organized support behind the demand.

Next 4 to 8 Weeks

  • launch petition and public materials
  • keep a steady weekly rhythm of tabling and contact capture
  • run digital education and a mailing-list sequence
  • begin press outreach early because media attention takes time
  • file first PRA requests on governance and efficacy claims
  • hold one organizing meeting for signers and supporters
  • maintain disciplined follow-up so people move from contact to task

What Success Looks Like

  • a larger supporter list with contact information and follow-up ownership
  • one solid organizing meeting with meaningful attendance
  • greater public recognition that this is a real Stockton campaign
  • clearer evidence on what Stockton bought, how it is governed, and whether the city can prove it works
  • a stronger base for future escalation, including a later return to council from a better position

Guardrails

  • Stockton remains the only terrain in phase one.
  • A vendor swap is not a win.
  • We do not go back to council just to repeat weakness.
  • This side-quest stays subordinate to the tenant-centered core of WCU work.

Motion

Working Class Unity continues Remove Flock from Stockton as a bounded phase-one Stockton campaign. The public demand remains remove Flock from Stockton. Over the next 4 to 8 weeks WCU will build organized support through petitions, steady tabling, public education, early media outreach, records requests, and one organizing meeting, while holding off on a return to city council until the campaign can show stronger organized support and a credible capacity to exert pressure.

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