Build Worker Power in the South - Join the Southern Workers Assembly
The Southern Workers Assembly (SWA) is a network of local unions, worker organizations, and organizing committees, committed to building rank-and-file democratic social movement unionism in the South. Learn more >>>
Solidarity with Bessemer, Alabama Amazon Workers!
Between Feb 8, and March 29, approximately 6,000 majority Black Amazon warehouse workers in Bessemer, Alabama will begin voting by mail on whether to be represented by the Retail, Wholesale Department Store Workers Union (RWDSU). Solidarity from every corner of the labor and progressive movement is needed now to support this historic struggle. Learn more >>>
Southern Workers Fight for Medicare for All
Safe Jobs Save Lives Campaign
Workers across the US South are on the move demanding workplace safety amidst the global COVID-19 pandemic. Southern workers also need a strategy and self-organization to secure any gains they make through collective action. Learn more >>>
Bessemer, Alabama Amazon Workers Fight to Win Union
Between Feb 8, and March 29, approximately 6,000 Amazon warehouse workers in Bessemer, Alabama will begin voting by mail on whether to be represented by the Retail, Wholesale Department Store Workers Union (RWDSU).
These predominantly Black workers who have in recent months formed the BAmazon Workers Union, are on the cusp of launching a history-changing workers organization against one of the biggest and most powerful transnational corporations in the world, and its super rich union busting owner, Jeff Bezos. In addition, these workers are standing up to the racist, anti-union laws that suppress labor across the South.
Solidarity from every corner of the labor and progressive movements is needed now to show the workers in Bessemer that they are not alone, that all eyes are on the historic struggle that they are leading. This is especially needed as Amazon ramps up their union-busting tactics.
A Workers Guide to Meatpacking | Una guía para trabajadores sobre la industria de productos cárnicos
Bilingual English-Spanish!
A new booklet from the Southern Workers Assembly
⇒ Learn the facts and the fights across 16 southern states
⇒ Get the answers to ten basic questions about meat work in COVID time
¡Bilingüe español-inglés!
Un nuevo folleto de la Asamblea de Trabajadores del Sur
⇒ Los hechos y las peleas en 16 estados del sur
⇒ Las respuestas a diez preguntas básicas sobre el trabajo de la carne en el tiempo de COVID
News & Updates
Massive ICE raid at Hyundai Battery plant detains 475 workers
The following is an account written by a Hyundai worker in Savannah, Georgia. SAVANNAH, Georgia—Hundreds of federal agents and Georgia State Patrol officers, equipped with military weapons and...
Workplace blitz targets strategic employers in Roanoke
On August 25 - 29, the Roanoke Workers Assembly (RoWA) undertook its first blitz, modeled after the Spartanburg Workers Assembly’s blitz. Due to a lack of availability, we were unable to secure more...
Southern Worker Action Summit Sets Sights on Building Organization, Fightback
In the industrial hub of Spartanburg, SC, nearly 400 rank and file workers from every Southern state and key sectors across the region gathered from June 13 - 15 to chart a path to building more...
U.S., U.K., Nigerian, and Uruguayan Gig Workers Call Joint May Day Strike & Boycott
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE April 25, 2025 U.S., U.K., Nigerian, and Uruguayan Gig Workers Call Joint May Day Strike & Boycott Southern Gig Drivers (U.S.), IWGB Private Hire Drivers Branch (U.K.),...
Statements
Triad Workers Assembly stands with REI workers, backs 10-day union boycott of REI
A group of members of Triad Workers Assembly picketed and leafleted for several hours on the afternoon of Tuesday, May 20 at the Friendly Center mall in Greensboro in support of the 10-day national...
Roanoke, VA Workers Condemn Racist Attack on Black Candidate for Delegate
The Roanoke Workers’ Assembly co-signs the below statement with the following addition: Racist intimidation of Black people, especially those that engage in political activism, is an unfortunate...
Statement from the Amazon Workers Regarding Tragic Shooting at Amazon BHM1 Bessemer, Alabama
We stand united in profound sorrow and righteous anger at the tragic death of Tyler Neil Alexander, who was taken from us too soon while on break at the Amazon Fulfillment Center this past Sunday...
Why Working People Should Oppose the US Attack and Takeover of Venezuela and the Ongoing Attacks of ICE on Immigrant Communities
US Government Deadly Attacks At Home and Abroad In the US invasion of Venezuela, a hundred people were killed. One goal was to kidnap that country’s President, Nicolas Maduro, and his wife, Cilia...