Statements, News, & Updates
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’...
A Call to Southern Workers: Defending Democracy – Bulletin #1
The 2020 presidential election is underway – voting has started. Why are we making the call to defend democracy? The Trump-Republicans are stealing the election – suppressing the vote, making it hard to vote, intimidating people at the polls, and refusing to count all...
Stand Up – Fight Back – Defend Your Rights – Vote
STAND UP - FIGHT BACK - STAND UP FOR YOUR RIGHTS VOTE GO EARLY IN PERSON IF YOU SAFELY CAN OTHERWISE USE A MAIL BALLOT BRING FAMILY, WORKMATES AND FRIENDS TO VOTE WITH YOU DEMAND YOUR RIGHT TO VOTE & THAT EVERY VOTE BE COUNTED HERE’S WHAT WE NEED TO DO NEXT YEAR:...
The Two Pandemics
The following remarks were given by Ajamu Dillahunt -- a member of the Southern Workers Assembly steering committee, a leader in Black Workers for Justice, and a retired local president of the American Postal Workers Union -- at the opening of the Southern Workers...
South Carolina Workers Fightback
South Carolina workers are on the frontlines of the fightback against the pandemics of pox, poverty and police violence. On June 9, Charleston longshore workers stopped work to join thousands of waterfront workers across the country and the world in protesting police...
From George Floyd to COVID-19, Two Pandemics Target Black Workers
Southern Workers Assembly Statement Link the fight for workplace safety with the fight against police brutality Workers in the US are currently facing two tragic pandemics. The first is the plight of essential workers, going to work every day to risk their lives...
“Regresen a trabajar” – dice Trump a los trabajadores de procesadoras de carne. Con la amenaza a sus vidas por el COVID-19.
En abril 28, en el día Memorial de los Trabajadores - un día que el movimiento laboral conmemora a los trabajadores que han muerto en el trabajo y mientras los Estados Unidos tiene más de 61,000 muertes relacionadas con el COVID-19, el presidente Donald Trump utiliza...
