Statements, News, & Updates

Solidarity with Brookwood, AL Mineworkers Strike
Two significant labor actions have taken place in the South this year - both were in Alabama. The union organizing campaign at the Amazon plant in Bessemer and the mineworkers strike in Brookwood. The South is a critical battleground for labor and the fight for social...

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...

Solidarity with 3,000 Striking UAW Workers in Dublin, VA!
The following solidarity statement, issued on behalf of the Southern Workers Assembly, was written by Al Long, a retired IT worker and SWA member in Norfolk, VA. Sisters and Brothers of UAW 2069, The Southern Workers Assembly stands in solidarity with your strike...

Bessemer Amazon Union Vote: We Learn as We Struggle!
In spite of the vote count, important developments have resulted from the Bessemer Amazon workers’ campaign. We applaud the Alabama Amazon workers who took on the world’s second largest corporation drawing thousands of activists into a long-over-due workers’ rights...

March 20: Actions Planned Across the South in Solidarity with Bessemer Amazon Workers
On March 16, Southern Workers Assembly co-coordinator Saladin Muhammad spoke alongside Hammer & Hoe author and Alabama labor historian Dr. Robin D.G. Kelley on a national webinar about the BAmazon union struggle. The webinar focused on the central role that Black...

Solidarity with Bessemer Amazon Workers Grows – Upcoming Actions
Solidarity for Amazon workers in Bessemer, Alabama fighting to organize their union with the Retail, Wholesale, and Department Store Union (RWDSU) has continued to expand across the country and around the world following coordinated actions on February 20. This is a...

Bessemer Amazon Workers: Ignites National Movement to Organize Labor in the South
The Feb 20, National Day of Action in solidarity with the Bessemer, Alabama Amazon workers, was a national call to action to support organizing the South. Thanks to the many who organized and participated in solidarity actions. The Bessemer workers launched their...

Solidarity with Bessemer, Alabama Amazon Workers! A Major Campaign to Organize Labor in the South!
Workers at an Amazon warehouse in Bessemer, Alabama, are waging a historic struggle to win the first union at an Amazon facility in the U.S. The Southern Workers Assembly (SWA), an Organize the South Network formed in 2012, has called for a National Day of Action on...
Alabama Amazon Workers Lead the Way – Onwards to Union Victory!
Southern workers send solidarity: We got your back! Organize the South!All eyes are on Bessemer, Alabama and the struggle to win the first U.S. union at Amazon - one of the largest and richest corporations in the world - that warehouse workers are waging. We are...

Defending Democracy – Bulletin #2: Join Actions Planned Across the South
Join Pro-Democracy Allies in Your State to Demand that: ⇒ EVERY VOTE COUNTS⇒ COUNT EVERY VOTE Rallies planned from Nov. 4 until the election is completed fairly Join Rallies at: https://protecttheresults.com/ - Find an event near you, click on ‘RSVP’...