by Southern Workers Assembly | Feb 9, 2026 | Amazon, Statement
We stand united in profound sorrow and righteous anger at the tragic death of Tyler Neil Alexander, who was taken from us too soon while on break at the Amazon Fulfillment Center this past Sunday night. The brutal outburst of gunfire that claimed his life highlights a...
by Southern Workers Assembly | Apr 8, 2022 | Amazon, News, Statement
All congratulations to the good workers who led the ALU to its Labor Board election victory in Staten Island New York. Yours is an inspiring example of rank and file worker self-organization to improve working conditions and change corporate policies. The SWA will...
by Saladin Muhammad | Mar 20, 2022 | Amazon, Statement
The second Bessemer Alabama Amazon workers and Retail Wholesale and Department Store Union (RWDSU) labor board union vote will be counted starting on March 28th. It comes as a result of the National Labor Relations Board ruling that Amazon’s anti-union actions in the...
by Southern Workers Assembly | Nov 11, 2021 | Amazon, Statement
In late 2020, in the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic, workers at an Amazon warehouse in Bessemer, Alabama contacted the Retail, Wholesale, and Department Store Union (RWDSU) to begin a historic organizing campaign at the facility. In January 2021, the majority Black...
by Southern Workers Assembly | Apr 9, 2021 | Amazon, Statement
In spite of the vote count, important developments have resulted from the Bessemer Amazon workers’ campaign. We applaud the Alabama Amazon workers who took on the world’s second largest corporation drawing thousands of activists into a long-over-due workers’ rights...
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...
