Southern Gig Driver Council

Southern Gig Drivers is a developing industrial council of the Southern Workers Assembly (SWA), formed in Fall 2024 to unite and empower rideshare and gig workers across the South through grassroots, worker-led organizing.

We are committed to rank-and-file democratic social movement unionism—a vision of unionism that goes beyond just contracts and wages, and fights for real worker democracy, social justice, and independent worker-led power in the face of corporate exploitation.

As part of the Southern Workers Assembly, we stand on core principles that guide our work:

• Rank-and-file democracy—decisions made by and accountable to workers.
• Organizing the unorganized—building real worker power, even where traditional unions don’t exist.
• Fighting all forms of discrimination—ensuring unity across race, nationality, gender, and immigration status.
• National & international labor solidarity—learning from and supporting workers’ struggles everywhere.
• Building a Southern labor congress—creating a powerful, worker-run infrastructure across industries.
• Fighting for independent political action—workers must have their own voice, beyond corporate parties.

Our core demands include:

• Repealing anti-worker laws like Taft-Hartley and Right-to-Work that weaken worker power.
• Winning collective bargaining rights for ALL workers, not just those already unionized.
• Transforming labor power in the South—where corporations and politicians have long relied on weak labor laws to suppress worker organizing.

Why Sign Up?

• Take direct action to improve wages, working conditions, and protections for gig workers.
• Connect with fellow drivers in your city and across the South.
• Gain organizing training and political education to build the movement in your community.
• Be part of a growing force demanding real worker power, not corporate-controlled reforms.