Thursday February 9, 2012
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Victory for Smithfield Workers
BY Angela Denio | Tar Heel, NC | 12/14/08
After over a decade of struggle the workers of the Smithfield Packing Plant in Tar Heel, North Carolina voted Dec. 11 to join the United Food and Commercial Workers Union (UFCW).
Justice for Smithfield Campaign, Smithfield, Southern labor movement, United Food and Commercial Workers
Tobacco workers say: "We want to be treated as equals, with dignity and respect"
BY Kosta Harlan | Winston-Salem, NC | 11/04/07
The opening round of what promises to be a hard-fought battle against big tobacco took place here, Oct. 28, as over 300 farm workers, trade unionists, religious leaders and students marched through the streets of downtown Winston-Salem chanting “Si se puede!” and “R.J. Reynolds escucha, el pueblo esta en lucha!”
Farm Labor Organizing Committee (FLOC), RJ Reynolds, Southern labor movement
North Carolina Protest Demands Collective Bargaining Rights for Public Workers
BY Kosta Harlan | Chapel Hill, NC | 11/01/07
A delegation of fifteen city and university workers, student activists and union organizers delivered a petition of over 500 signatures on Oct. 26 to the University of North Carolina System General Administration, charging that workers’ voices were being silenced at the University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill.
NC G.S. 95-98, SDS, Southern labor movement, UE Local 150, University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill
1000 March for Workers’ Rights, Justice at Smithfield
BY Kati Ketz | Williamsburg, VA | 9/16/07
150 Smithfield workers were joined by 1000 supporters here, Aug. 29 - in what was the largest demonstration in this city’s history - to demand justice for factory workers at Smithfield’s Tar Heel, North Carolina plant.
Smithfield, Southern labor movement, United Food and Commercial Workers
Workers Rally in Solidarity with Goodyear Strikers
BY Chapin Gray | Hoover, AL | 1/09/07
In solidarity with the over 15,000 Goodyear Tire and Rubber workers who have been on strike since Oct. 5, demonstrations were held on Dec. 2 at Goodyear retail stores across the country.
Goodyear, Southern labor movement, United Steel Workers of America
Interview with Saladin Muhammad
BY Staff | North Carolina | 10/31/06
Saladin Muhammad is a veteran leader of the labor and African American liberation movements in North Carolina.
NC 95-98, Southern labor movement, UE Local 150, UE Local 160
Raleigh Sanitation Workers’ Struggle Builds Union, Brings Victories
BY Kosta Harlan | Raleigh, NC | 10/28/06
Raleigh sanitation workers changed tactics, after months of protests to city management fell on deaf ears.
NAACP, Southern labor movement, UE 150, union recognition
15,000 Goodyear Workers on Nationwide Strike
BY Chapin Gray | Gadsden, AL | 10/24/06
Despite the heavy rains and the passing weeks, workers at the Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co. plant here are holding the picket line, demanding job security and better health and insurance benefits.
Goodyear, Southern labor movement, United Steelworkers of America
Drop the Charges Against the Charleston 5
BY Fight Back! Editors | Charleston, SC | 7/01/01
Workers' rights are under attack in South Carolina.
Charleston 5, International Longshoreman's Association, Nordana Lines, Southern labor movement
Speedrack Workers Stand Strong
BY Sherida Hudak | Hamilton, AL | 7/01/00
"This is a fight to the death. We will not let the scabs have this plant. If we can't have it, we will shut it down," vowed the local United Steel Workers of America membership.
Southern labor movement, Speedrack, Steelworkers
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