News & Updates
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...
Laws that Restrict Collective Bargaining
Although public workers in North Carolina and Virginia have the right to form and join a union and can negotiate with their employer for fair wages and benefits—as well as fair working conditions — it is illegal for employers and their employees to sign a...
Press Release August 1, 2012
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: On opening Day of Democratic National Convention the Southern Workers Assembly will be a Convergence to Organize Labor in the South WHAT: Southern Workers Assembly WHEN: September 3, 2012 (Labor Day) 1:00pm-5:00pm WHERE: Wedgewood Baptist...