by Southern Workers Assembly | Aug 19, 2021 | Statement
Two significant labor actions have taken place in the South this year – both were in Alabama. The union organizing campaign at the Amazon plant in Bessemer and the mineworkers strike in Brookwood. The South is a critical battleground for labor and the fight for...
by Southern Workers Assembly | Apr 22, 2021 | Statement
The following solidarity statement, issued on behalf of the Southern Workers Assembly, was written by Al Long, a retired IT worker and SWA member in Norfolk, VA. Sisters and Brothers of UAW 2069, The Southern Workers Assembly stands in solidarity with your strike...
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...
by Southern Workers Assembly | Mar 12, 2021 | Amazon, Statement
Solidarity for Amazon workers in Bessemer, Alabama fighting to organize their union with the Retail, Wholesale, and Department Store Union (RWDSU) has continued to expand across the country and around the world following coordinated actions on February 20. This is a...
by Southern Workers Assembly | Mar 2, 2021 | Amazon, Statement
The Feb 20, National Day of Action in solidarity with the Bessemer, Alabama Amazon workers, was a national call to action to support organizing the South. Thanks to the many who organized and participated in solidarity actions. The Bessemer workers launched their...