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
SWA Plans Southern Workers School in March – Help support this historic gathering!
SWA Plans Southern Workers School in March - Help support this historic gathering! On March 4-6, 2016, the Southern Workers Assembly (SWA) will hold the Southern Workers School in Raleigh, NC. This...
Low wage workers strike from coast to coast, across US South
A wave of strikes and protests by low-wage workers fighting for a $15 minimum hourly wage and a union swept the U.S. on Nov. 10, and made this the largest day of action ever as this movement enters...
S.W.A. Supports Days of Grace
Days of Grace March and Rally Charleston, S.C. www.daysofgracecharleston.org Labor Day Weekend September 5, 9:00am: National Mass March & Rally Southern Workers Assembly Meeting: 12:30pm...
Aug 9: All Out for Solidarity City!
Aug 9: All Out for Solidarity City! Workers Fighting To Organize the South! August 9 | 10am-5pm | 803 Harris St, Goldsboro, NC Visit the Facebook Event Page On Saturday, August 9 workers from across...
Statements
‘Get back to work!’ – Trump tells meatpacking workers facing COVID-19 threat to their lives
Southern Workers Assembly Statement On April 28, Workers Memorial Day — a day the labor movement commemorates workers who have died on the job — and while the U.S. tops a staggering 61,000 deaths...
680 Majority Latinx Workers in Mississippi Taken off their Jobs by ICE: An Injury to One is an Injury to All!
On August 7, the US Immigration Customs Enforcement (ICE) conducted raids on workers in 7 food processing plants in six Mississippi cities.These workers came to the US to try to earn an...
Solidarity with North Carolina Education Worker Actions!
Solidarity with North Carolina Education Worker Actions! The Southern Workers Assembly sends solidarity to North Carolina education workers and their union! On May 16, teachers are taking personal...
Solidarity With North Carolina Education Workers Actions!
Solidarity With North Carolina Education Workers Actions! Deepen the workers struggle, strengthen our unions and fight against budget cuts! Southern Workers Assembly sends solidarity to North...