by Southern Workers Assembly | Jan 23, 2025 | Statement
The Triad Workers Assembly stands in solidarity with REI workers in Greensboro and their fight for a union. Workers at the Greensboro store are set to vote in a labor board election on Friday, January 24. As noted in an announcement by REI Union on social media,...
by Southern Workers Assembly | Jan 15, 2025 | Statement
January 20, 2025 is the 39th anniversary of the Martin Luther King, Jr. Federal Holiday. It is also the second inauguration of Donald Trump as president of the United States. There could not be a more ironic crossing of histories from one who spews ridicule, hatred,...
by Southern Workers Assembly | Nov 11, 2024 | News
The Southern Workers Assembly is republishing this piece by our late co-founder, Saladin Muhammad, originally published in May 2006. The system of national oppression is anchored by African-American national oppression; not because it was the first experience of...
by Southern Workers Assembly | Sep 27, 2024 | Statement
“[Charleston, SC is] the place that imported more enslaved Africans than anywhere in this country,” Leonard Riley, a longtime dockworker and leader of International Longshoreman’s Association (ILA) Local 1422, said in a video posted to the local’s social media earlier...
by Southern Workers Assembly | Aug 15, 2024 | Statement
On Thursday, August 15, 47 workers at the Environmental Air Systems plant in High Point, North Carolina voted to unionize with United Association Local 421. Workers at the EAS plant manufacture HVAC systems used in industrial and other development projects. The EAS...