by Southern Workers Assembly | Sep 18, 2025 | Statement
On September 16, U.S. President Donald Trump signed an order authorizing the deployment of the National Guard and other federal police agencies to Memphis, TN. Right wing Tennessee Governor Bill Lee, and Tennessee Senators Marsha Blackburn and Bill Hagerty stood by...
by Southern Workers Assembly | Sep 18, 2025 | Statement
The Southern Workers Assembly roundly condemns the unnecessary, wasteful, and cruel raid conducted by Homeland Security,ICE, and numerous other police agencies Thursday, September 4 at the Hyundai Metaplant outside Savannah, Georgia. The raid on Hyundai was one of the...
by Southern Workers Assembly | Jul 17, 2025 | Statement
On Friday, July 11, at 3:30 p.m., second-shift workers at DTNA’s medium-duty truck manufacturing plant in Mount Holly, North Carolina were called into a “town hall” meeting with management. The workers, who are members of UAW Local 5285, were informed of the company’s...
by Southern Workers Assembly | Feb 7, 2025 | Statement
Amazon workers at Garner, NC’s RDU1 Fulfillment Center are gearing up for a union election at the facility, set to take place from February 10 – 15. The vote comes after over three years of organizing from the ground up by Carolina Amazonians United for...
by Southern Workers Assembly | Jan 23, 2025 | Statement
The Triad Workers Assembly stands in solidarity with REI workers in Greensboro and their fight for a union. Workers at the Greensboro store are set to vote in a labor board election on Friday, January 24. As noted in an announcement by REI Union on social media,...
by Southern Workers Assembly | Jan 15, 2025 | Statement
January 20, 2025 is the 39th anniversary of the Martin Luther King, Jr. Federal Holiday. It is also the second inauguration of Donald Trump as president of the United States. There could not be a more ironic crossing of histories from one who spews ridicule, hatred,...