southern organizing
Top UAW organizer: Union campaign at Nissan a civil rights fight
September 30, 2015"Unions are multi-cultural organizations that unite people around class issues, such as the abuse of low-pay temp workers,"
Read more“Death Blow to Jim Crow” comes highly recommended
July 15, 2014At its peak, the National Negro Congress (NNC) included over 3,000 civic, religious, fraternal, labor and community organizations representing millions people.
Read moreA largely forgotten tale: Communist Party’s role in the South
June 24, 2014The Unemployed People's Movement: Leftists, Liberals, and Labor in Georgia, 1929-1941 challenges the notion that Southern white workers were incapable of action with African Americans.
Read morePower, intimidation and jobs at play in VW union vote
February 18, 2014Before observers and commentators blame "backward or racist southerners" for voting no, it is useful to look at this narrow vote in the context of power and intimidation.
Read moreThe sun shone on massive North Carolina Moral March
February 10, 2014The march, organized by the NAACP, labor unions, and religious leaders, amounted to a dramatic comeback of the Moral Monday protests that drew the nation's attention here over the last year.
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