by Southern Workers Assembly | Mar 18, 2021 | Amazon, Statement
On March 16, Southern Workers Assembly co-coordinator Saladin Muhammad spoke alongside Hammer & Hoe author and Alabama labor historian Dr. Robin D.G. Kelley on a national webinar about the BAmazon union struggle. The webinar focused on the central role that Black...
by Southern Workers Assembly | Mar 12, 2021 | Amazon, Statement
Solidarity for Amazon workers in Bessemer, Alabama fighting to organize their union with the Retail, Wholesale, and Department Store Union (RWDSU) has continued to expand across the country and around the world following coordinated actions on February 20. This is a...
by Southern Workers Assembly | Mar 2, 2021 | Amazon, Statement
The Feb 20, National Day of Action in solidarity with the Bessemer, Alabama Amazon workers, was a national call to action to support organizing the South. Thanks to the many who organized and participated in solidarity actions. The Bessemer workers launched their...
by Southern Workers Assembly | Feb 16, 2021 | Amazon, Statement
Workers at an Amazon warehouse in Bessemer, Alabama, are waging a historic struggle to win the first union at an Amazon facility in the U.S. The Southern Workers Assembly (SWA), an Organize the South Network formed in 2012, has called for a National Day of Action on...
by Southern Workers Assembly | Feb 4, 2021 | Amazon, Statement
Southern workers send solidarity: We got your back! Organize the South! All eyes are on Bessemer, Alabama and the struggle to win the first U.S. union at Amazon – one of the largest and richest corporations in the world – that warehouse workers are waging....