News & Updates
Southern workers gather to build Workers Assembly movement
Under the slogan “Build the Workers Assembly Movement! Organize the South!,” nearly 80 workers from eight Southern states gathered in Durham, North Carolina for a Southern Workers Assembly Organizing School over the weekend of April 29 – May 1. Workers came to the...
The First Step is Often the Most Difficult – Statement on ALU Victory
All congratulations to the good workers who led the ALU to its Labor Board election victory in Staten Island New York. Yours is an inspiring example of rank and file worker self-organization to improve working conditions and change corporate policies. The SWA will...
Your support needed for upcoming Workers Assembly Organizing School
Organize the South! Develop the Workers Assembly Movement! Donate today to help us host a Southern Workers School Throughout the last year, the movement to develop workers assemblies as the basis for developing an independent, rank and file-led workers movement...
In wake of COVID workplace deaths, workers across NC organize emergency rallies for safety! #SafeJobsSaveLives
Gloria Lee, a former Amazon worker, spent her afternoon leading chants and talking to Amazon workers outside a delivery station in east Durham. "Jeff Bezos you can't hide! We can see your greedy side," she chanted along with other Amazon workers and supporters as part...
As part of Southern trend, Elizabeth City workers strike for better pay
After three years of receiving zero pay raises and working 16 months through a global pandemic with no recognition or hazard pay, city workers in Elizabeth City, N.C., staged a two-day work stoppage June 29-30. The Black-majority workers in the city’s Public Works and...
COVID-19 Safety & Health Webinar for Transit Workers
Upcoming health and safety webinar for transit workers, convened by our friends from the National Council for Occupational Safety and Health (NCOSH)
The Two Pandemics
The following remarks were given by Ajamu Dillahunt -- a member of the Southern Workers Assembly steering committee, a leader in Black Workers for Justice, and a retired local president of the American Postal Workers Union -- at the opening of the Southern Workers...
South Carolina Workers Fightback
South Carolina workers are on the frontlines of the fightback against the pandemics of pox, poverty and police violence. On June 9, Charleston longshore workers stopped work to join thousands of waterfront workers across the country and the world in protesting police...
Southern Workers Fightback & Organize amid COVID-19
WEBINAR: Tuesday, April 28 at 6:00pm REGISTER TODAY HERE. Webinar will be co-facilitated by:Saladin Muhammad, Co-Director, Southern Workers Assembly, founding member of Black Workers for Justice, and retired International Representative with UEDanielle...
Southern Workers School Opens 2018 Session in Durham Sept. 14-16
Southern Workers School Opens 2018 Session in Durham, Sept. 14-16 On September 14-16, 2018, the Southern Workers Assembly (SWA) will hold the third annual Southern Workers School in Durham, NC. This school will include a series 9 workshops of education, training and...