by Southern Workers Assembly | Jun 26, 2025 | News
In the industrial hub of Spartanburg, SC, nearly 400 rank and file workers from every Southern state and key sectors across the region gathered from June 13 – 15 to chart a path to building more worker organization and broader fightback in the midst of the...
by Southern Workers Assembly | Apr 25, 2025 | News
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE April 25, 2025 U.S., U.K., Nigerian, and Uruguayan Gig Workers Call Joint May Day Strike & Boycott Southern Gig Drivers (U.S.), IWGB Private Hire Drivers Branch (U.K.), AUATON (Nigeria), and UCTRADU Sindicato (Uruguay) Unite in International...
by Southern Workers Assembly | Apr 2, 2025 | News
On an unseasonably warm afternoon in early March, four worker-volunteers stood at the employee entrance/exit of a major manufacturer in Greer, South Carolina, donning yellow reflective vests, clipboards, and fliers. A trickle of cars leaving the facility shortly past...
by Southern Workers Assembly | Mar 24, 2025 | News
“As the South goes, so goes the nation.”—W.E.B. DuBois “One thing we do not need is more labor unions. We have gotten where we are without them, and we do not need them now.”— Henry McMaster, Governor of South Carolina, 2024 State of the State...
by Southern Workers Assembly | Feb 7, 2025 | Statement
Amazon workers at Garner, NC’s RDU1 Fulfillment Center are gearing up for a union election at the facility, set to take place from February 10 – 15. The vote comes after over three years of organizing from the ground up by Carolina Amazonians United for...