News & Updates
Solidarity with N.C. Teacher’s Walk-in
Southern Workers Assembly Salutes the November 4 Education Worker Walk-In's On Monday, November 4 thousands of teachers, bus drivers, housekeepers, kitchen and other education workers from several dozen schools across the state of North Carolina organized a "walk-in"...
Stop the Attacks on Labor’s Democratic and Human Rights:
Drop the Charges Against Moral Monday Labor Rights Arrestee Saladin Muhammad! Sign the petition to stop attacks on labor's constitutional rights to protest! The opening trial for the 940 North Carolina Moral Mondays Campaign arrestees started with the case of Saladin...
North Carolina Fightback Conference unites workers
Raleigh, N.C. — Workers from across North Carolina joined together on Sept. 21 for a statewide Workers Fightback Conference hosted by the Southern Workers Assembly. In the last few months, over 940 people were arrested in protests at the State Capitol and tens of...
Walmart Workers Flash Mob – Raleigh, NC
September 5th, 2013, Raleigh, NC - As Walmart workers petition managers to reinstate employees who have been unfairly treated, a flash mob breaks out.
N.C. Statewide Workers Fightback Conference
Saturday Sept. 21, 201310:00am - 4:00pm (Attend on your way home from AFL-CIO convention in Wilmington) Vital Link School 1214 E. Lenoir Street, Raleigh, NC** (Corner of Rock Quarry Road) ** note updated address! RSVP Today by emailing info@southernworker.org The...
Southern Workers Assembly unites with the March on Washington
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Workers struggle forces international rulings on public sector collective bargaining rights ban
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No More Trayvon Martins or George Zimmermans – Organize the South!
Southern Workers Assembly statement: The Southern Workers Assembly (SWA), along will millions across the U.S. and internationally are outraged by the Sanford, Florida court’s no guilty verdict of George Zimmerman, the racial profiler, stalker and murderer of unarmed,...
Southern Workers Assembly: A Rank-and-file Call to Action for Labor to Mobilize to Join the Front Line Struggle
Starting in late April and continuing into July, several thousand people from across North Carolina, lead by Rev. William Barber II, President of the NC NAACP have marched every Monday into the state legislative building in Raleigh and packed the rotunda. Over 600...
FLOC and allies March on Reynolds Shareholders Meeting and Demand the Company do More Than Talk
Farmworkers and their supporters turned out in full force on May 9 at the Reynolds American 2013 Shareholders Meeting. At one of the largest and most energetic events since the beginning of the campaign, over 300 people including labor, clergy, students,...