by Southern Workers Assembly | Jun 12, 2024 | Statement
On Wednesday, June 12, more than 100 workers at the Corning Inc. manufacturing plant in Tarboro, North Carolina will vote in a federal labor board election on whether to join the United Steelworkers. The union vote in Tarboro comes as part of a broader push by the USW...
by Southern Workers Assembly | May 6, 2024 | Statement
Message to non-union Southern workers from the Southern Workers’ Assembly (SWA) All forward-thinking Southern workers congratulate the UAW and celebrate with VWworkers for their smashing organizing victory in Chattanooga. May this be the first ofmany victories in our...
by Southern Workers Assembly | Apr 14, 2024 | Statement
The Southern Workers Assembly expresses our full solidarity with the 7,000 Daimler Truck North America (DTNA) workers and UAW members in North Carolina, Tennessee, and Georgia engaged in a contract fight to win record gains from this highly profitable, multinational...
by Southern Workers Assembly | Dec 30, 2023 | Statement
Despite his untimely passing this week, Kenneth Jefferson lives on in the memories and hearts of his loved ones. Brother Jefferson’s light also burns bright in the spirit of Local 1422. His story is one of a simple act of boldness and solidarity that had historic...
by Southern Workers Assembly | Dec 3, 2023 | Statement
The Triad Workers Assembly wants to express our solidarity with cafeteria workers from Guilford County Schools who waged a two-day, sick-out strike on November 27 and 28. These workers are standing up and exercising their labor rights to demand a living wage for the...
by Southern Workers Assembly | Nov 19, 2023 | News, Statement
Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. noted that “war is the enemy of poor and working people,” and that the triple evils of racism, poverty, and militarism were to blame for the suffering of workers in the United States. The Southern Workers Assembly stands in full solidarity...