News & Updates
Stand in Solidarity with the ILA
"At the last gathering of the Southern Workers Assembly in Charleston, SC on December 7-9, 2012, during the Southern Human Rights Organizing Conference, we resolved to stand in solidarity with the ILA in its negotiations for a fair contract for its more than 14,000...
Southern Workers Assembly 2012
The Southern Workers Assembly was held in Charlotte, NC on Sept. 3, 2012 and brought together more than 300 mainly rank-n-file workers from throughout the South that were members of trade unions, worker organizations, worker centers, loose groups of workers seeking to...
Statement of Solidarity from Eastern Region Executive Board
Greetings of Solidarity! We bring this exciting message following our historic Southern Workers Assembly on September 3rd - Labor Day in Charlotte, NC. Despite the criticisms voiced by many of the big unions against the Democratic Party holding its Democratic National...
Ninth Bi-Annual Southern Human Rights Organizers’ Conference
Join human rights and social justice activists, students, youth faith leaders, workers, and union leaders in Charleston! A two-part Southern Workers Assembly Strategic Planning meeting will be held at SHROC. This meeting will further tighten up the SWA and map out...
Memphis Students and Workers Fight for Union Rights and a Living Wage
October 9, 2012 This report comes to us from the USAS Campus Worker Justice Tour, a series of visits to campuses around the country where students and workers are fighting back against corporate outsourcing and the exploitation of campus workers....
Southern labor hosts assembly: “Build a workers’ alliance!”
By Dante Strobino on September 13, 2012 Charlotte, N.C. — Over 300 Southern workers, trade unionists and community allies gathered for the Southern Workers Assembly on Sept. 3, Labor Day, the opening day of the Democratic National...
SWA Press Coverage
Our Southern Workers Assembly on Monday, September 3 was widely covered by news media outlets from around the world. We packed the house at a church that was said to hold 300. Everyone gave fiery, touching talks and brought to life the power of our Southern labor...
“They want to run us to death”
“They want to run us to death” Democrats will announce a pro-union platform in Charlotte -- but some convention workers say they're forgotten By Josh EidelsonFriday, Aug 24, 2012 In two weeks, Democrats will gather in Charlotte, N.C., and pledge once more to...
City Workers to Continue Protest Through DNC
by DIANNE GALLAGHER / NewsChannel 36 Staff Posted on August 20, 2012 CHARLOTTE, N.C. -- Sanitation workers picketing outside the Government Center Monday said they aren't letting the upcoming Democratic National Convention stop their weekly protests. About a dozen...
Does the Prohibition of Bargaining Rights Violate International Law?
Yes. International covenants are clear: workers have the right to bargain collectively and freely associate. In March 2007, the UN’s International Labor Organization (ILO) found North Carolina’s ban on collective bargaining to be in violation of international labor...