News & Updates
San Antonio Workers Rights Roundtable Launches Worker Assembly
Submitted by Joaquin Abrego The San Antonio, Texas section of the Southern Workers Assembly convened a workers rights roundtable on January 16, 2014. The roundtable emerged from conversations between the Southwest Workers Union...
Support Union Democracy in the International Longshormen’s Association
Call on ILA officers to allow the nomination of Mike Payne now! Sign the Petition: Union democracy must be a fundamental aspect of a democratic society, especially when the democratic rights and needs of working-class and poor people as well as labor unions are under...
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,...