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The Southern Workers Assembly (SWA) is a network of local unions, worker organizations, and organizing committees, committed to building rank-and-file democratic social movement unionism in the South. Learn more >>>
Safe Jobs Save Lives Campaign
Workers across the US South are on the move demanding workplace safety amidst the global COVID-19 pandemic. Southern workers also need a strategy and self-organization to secure any gains they make through collective action. Learn more >>>
Southern Workers Fight for Medicare for All
A Workers Guide to Meatpacking / Una guía para trabajadores sobre la industria de productos cárnicos
Bilingual English-Spanish!
A new booklet from the Southern Workers Assembly
¡Bilingüe español-inglés!
Un nuevo folleto de la Asamblea de Trabajadores del Sur
News & Updates
COVID-19 Safety & Health Webinar for Transit Workers
Upcoming health and safety webinar for transit workers, convened by our friends from the National Council for Occupational Safety and Health (NCOSH)
The Two Pandemics
The following remarks were given by Ajamu Dillahunt -- a member of the Southern Workers Assembly steering committee, a leader in Black Workers for Justice, and a retired local president of the...
South Carolina Workers Fightback
South Carolina workers are on the frontlines of the fightback against the pandemics of pox, poverty and police violence. On June 9, Charleston longshore workers stopped work to join thousands of...
Southern Workers Fightback & Organize amid COVID-19
WEBINAR: Tuesday, April 28 at 6:00pm REGISTER TODAY HERE. Webinar will be co-facilitated by:Saladin Muhammad, Co-Director, Southern Workers Assembly, founding member of Black Workers...
Statements
From George Floyd to COVID-19, Two Pandemics Target Black Workers
Southern Workers Assembly Statement Link the fight for workplace safety with the fight against police brutality Workers in the US are currently facing two tragic pandemics. The first is the plight...
“Regresen a trabajar” – dice Trump a los trabajadores de procesadoras de carne. Con la amenaza a sus vidas por el COVID-19.
En abril 28, en el día Memorial de los Trabajadores - un día que el movimiento laboral conmemora a los trabajadores que han muerto en el trabajo y mientras los Estados Unidos tiene más de 61,000...
‘Get back to work!’ – Trump tells meatpacking workers facing COVID-19 threat to their lives
Southern Workers Assembly Statement On April 28, Workers Memorial Day — a day the labor movement commemorates workers who have died on the job — and while the U.S. tops a staggering 61,000 deaths...
680 Majority Latinx Workers in Mississippi Taken off their Jobs by ICE: An Injury to One is an Injury to All!
On August 7, the US Immigration Customs Enforcement (ICE) conducted raids on workers in 7 food processing plants in six Mississippi cities.These workers came to the US to try to earn an...