by Southern Workers Assembly | Dec 22, 2016 | News, Newsletters, Statement, Winter 2017 Newsletter
SWA leaders got to meet with Nissan workers in Mississippi at the Dec. 9-11 Southern Human Rights Organizing Conference. They also joined a solidarity rally in front of their plant. They are planning for a national solidarity day of action on Jan 28. If you are...
by pault | Dec 15, 2016 | Winter 2017 Newsletter
In 2014, four members of FLOC courageously spoke out against issues at Burch Farms in Faison North Carolina, exposing violations that many of their coworkers were too afraid to speak about. They filed a lawsuit for multiple types of wage theft and other labor...
by pault | Dec 14, 2016 | Winter 2017 Newsletter
By Southern Workers Assembly On November 8, a ballot initiative that would have put the state’s right-to-work (for less) status in the state constitution was defeated in Virginia thus securing an important victory for poor and working people everywhere. If approved,...
by pault | Dec 14, 2016 | Winter 2017 Newsletter
By Tom Smith, CWA In August 2015, United Campus Workers (a Communication Workers of America local union) learned of a secret plan being pushed by Tennessee’s Governor Bill Haslam to privatize the building management, maintenance, and security at every single piece of...
by pault | Dec 14, 2016 | Winter 2017 Newsletter
UE local 150, NC Public Service Workers Union has launched an exciting new campaign to organize a statewide movement of city workers. In Greensboro, several hundred workers have expressed interest in joining the union and formed a strong Organizing Committee over the...
by pault | Dec 14, 2016 | Winter 2017 Newsletter
By Saladin Muhammad Since the September 11 World Trade Center attack, the presidential administrations, campaigns and the current 2016 presidential election, have intensify the levels of government repression against working-class Blacks and people of color, and...
