by dante | Nov 6, 2013 | News, Statement
Southern Workers Assembly Salutes the November 4 Education Worker Walk-In’s On Monday, November 4 thousands of teachers, bus drivers, housekeepers, kitchen and other education workers from several dozen schools across the state of North Carolina organized a...
by pault | Oct 8, 2013 | News, Statement
Drop the Charges Against Moral Monday Labor Rights Arrestee Saladin Muhammad! Sign the petition to stop attacks on labor’s constitutional rights to protest! The opening trial for the 940 North Carolina Moral Mondays Campaign arrestees started with the case of...
by pault | Mar 12, 2013 | News, Statement
Sanitation workers in McDonough, Ga., walk out By Dianne Mathiowetz on April 28, 2013 An important labor strike is happening in McDonough, Ga., just south of Atlanta. Workers at Republic Services/Allied Waste are members of Teamsters Local 728 who won their election...
by pault | Feb 14, 2013 | News, Statement
On November 16, 2012, three Filipino “guestworkers” were killed in an explosion while working for Black Elk Energy Company in Louisiana waters. These workers were lured to Louisiana with the offer of employer-provided housing and high wages, but arrived to live and...
by pault | Dec 24, 2012 | News, Statement
“At the last gathering of the Southern Workers Assembly in Charleston, SC on December 7-9, 2012, during the Southern Human Rights Organizing Conference, we resolved to stand in solidarity with the ILA in its negotiations for a fair contract for its more than...
by pault | Nov 30, 2012 | News, Statement
Greetings of Solidarity! We bring this exciting message following our historic Southern Workers Assembly on September 3rd – Labor Day in Charlotte, NC. Despite the criticisms voiced by many of the big unions against the Democratic Party holding its Democratic...
