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Labor South: Center for Working Class Studies’ virtual community update

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#OrganizeTheSouth

Our members Kristen Phipps and Christina Belcher from Celanese - Local 2024 in Virginia with @seiupres.bsky.social at the @raiseupthesouth.bsky.social Worker Power Summit in Atlanta!
We joined our Southern Region members to help build a union for service workers across the south! #OrganizeTheSouth

Once upon a time… 3 greedy men in a castle couldn’t see the workers who built their wealth.

This isn’t a fairy tale. It’s a choice: let them keep taking, or come together, organize, & build a new future.

The future belongs to us. And it’s right now.

Watch ➡️ youtu.be/KNZsRYnuC4g

#OrganizeTheSouth

🔥 FIRE-UP / MOBILIZING
Memphis doesn’t wait for change — we organize it.

Join the Boycott Team. Get trained. Hit the crowd.
👉 bit.ly/NK3volunteer

#NoKings #MemphisResists #EconomicPower #Boycott #Buycott #OrganizeTheSouth
#sheshed

Duke University acts more like a hedge fund than a university. Workers won a $20/hr minimum wage through organizing — but it’s not enough. Durham workers need $25/hr and real investment in the people who keep the city running. ✊🏽
#DurhamRising #OrganizeTheSouth

No billion-dollar institution like Duke University gets that big without exploiting workers, especially immigrants.

We’re organizing until our campuses are safe for everyone. #OrganizeTheSouth

🚨 BREAKING: Duke University raises minimum wage to $20/hr after organizing by Durham Rising.

Workers spoke up and won. But with rising rent and living costs, the fight continues: $25/hr for Durham workers. ✊🏽#DurhamRising #OrganizeTheSouth

Today, Durham Rising met with Bernie Sanders in Durham to demand change. As attacks hit working families, Duke University must step up to pay workers $25/hr, respect unions, and invest in Durham. This fight is bigger than one city. ✊🏽
#DurhamRising #OrganizeTheSouth

When the ICE raids in Durham came, it kept kids home from school and terrified families. It’s heartbreaking, but our community stepped up. 100s got trained, neighbors were on alert, & we stood together to keep each other safe.💪

Anna, Durham Association of Educators
#OrganizeTheSouth #DurhamRising

Congrats to @uaw.org workers at Volkswagen’s Chattanooga plant! Workers made history in 2024 by voting to form their union with UAW, and they just did it again by securing a historic tentative agreement. Solidarity gets the goods. #OrganizeTheSouth

The South has something to say!
Workers in Atlanta demand ICE OUT of our communities and for corporations like Waffle House to protect their workers who already suffer from financial instability because of low wages and horrible working conditions.
#iceout #solidarity #organizethesouth

Today in Durham, high school students walked out and stood shoulder to shoulder with community members demanding ICE out of our communities.

From Minnesota to the South, we’ve seen the fear, the violence, and the way communities still show up for each other.
#IceOut #Solidarity #OrganizeTheSouth

I'm so excited about the opportunity for #VaLeg & #VaGov to expand democracy in the workplace this year through broader collective bargaining rights. Our families and communities deserve the high road. Thanks to @ssurovell.bsky.social & @kathykltran.bsky.social for your leadership! #OrganizeTheSouth

We held our STATE OF THE WORKING PEOPLE at the ATL capitol yesterday after Gov. Brian Kemp addressed CEOs, special interest groups and millionaires at the GA State of the State.

Whose side is the Kemp and the government on – the working people or the corporations? #UnionsforAll #OrganizetheSouth

Duke has a responsibility to invest in Durham’s public schools, city services, and fair wages and to live up to its own values of respect, trust, and inclusion. That’s why we’re united in Durham Rising.

Princess Moss, @neatoday.bsky.social Vice President
#DurhamRising #OrganizeTheSouth

Durham is built by Black, brown, and immigrant workers in classrooms, cafeterias, buses, and hospital rooms. Duke runs because _we_ show up every day. Duke depends on us. It’s time they acted like it.

Julian, Duke Grad Student Union
#OrganizeTheSouth #DurhamRising #DurhamNC

Fear is a weapon. When our communities are scared and divided, it becomes easier for billionaires to defund our schools and silence immigrant families. We can’t let them diminish our power.

Anna, Durham Association of Educators
#OrganizeTheSouth #DurhamRising

1.3.26 Knocked on 80+ homes and talked to HD49 residents about our #JuntosforJusticeUnidosforChange campaign. #OrganizeTheSouth #HD49 #TeamMontse

Federal agents are spreading fear across the US. When they came to Durham, immigrant workers & students were terrified. And Duke did nothing. We are demanding action: protect workers, protect patients, protect students.

Julian, Duke Graduate Student Union
#OrganizeTheSouth #DurhamRising #DurhamNC

BREAKING: Texas nurses at CommonSpirit Health St. Joseph Health College Station Hospital just voted to join NNU. Southern nurses are on a roll in our fight to protect our patients and our communities! #OrganizeTheSouth 🎉 🎉 🎉

Felicidades @texasaflcio.org President Leonard Aguilar & Secretary-Treasurer Lorraine Gonzales Montemayor!

Love your vision & unwavering courage to keep building a stronger, more inclusive labor movement, uplifting & inspiring countless lives. #OrganizeTheSouth #JuntosforJusticeUnidosforChange

Presidente Rick! Thank you for your being a true agent of change. Your mentorship has made a difference in my life, gracias for using your privilege to uplift others and for demanding justice for the working people of Texas! #BoldLeadership #OrganizeTheSouth @ricktxaflco.bsky.social

I have hope! #OrganizeTheSouth ✊🏿

@raiseupthesouth.bsky.social ICE is tearing families apart in Chicago, across the country, and right here in Durham. People are being pulled from their homes and workplaces. No one should live in fear. That's why we refuse to tolerate anything that resembles ICE

#OrganizeTheSouth #UnionsForAll

Duke sits on a $12 billion endowment. If they used just 1%, that’s $120 million that could transform Durham. The money is there. It’s time Duke invested in the community that built it.

Princess Moss, @neatoday.bsky.social Vice President
#DurhamRising #OrganizeTheSouth #WorkersPower

You can’t celebrate Duke while pushing Durham out. We know the truth: Duke didn’t build Duke alone. Now we’re demanding affordable housing, investment in our schools, and respect for the people who made Duke possible.

Brandon Young, Durham For All
#DurhamRising #OrganizeTheSouth #DurhamNC

#OrganizeTheSouth

BREAKING: Waffle House workers in Orangeburg, SC are ON STRIKE.

We're demanding:
⚖️ No more favoritism
💰 Fair pay
🦺 Safe working conditions
🍽️ An end to unfair meal deductions

When workers stand up, we all rise.
#UnionsForAll #OrganizeTheSouth

You say you care for Durham? Duke, show us and come to the table.

#DurhamRising #OrganizetheSouth

Donate to Support Hilton Americas Workers' Fight for a Fair Contract!, organized by Franchesca Caraballo On August 13th, workers of the Hilton Americas voted 99.3% to… Franchesca Caraballo needs your support for Support Hilton Americas Workers' Fight for a Fair Contract!

One job should be enough. Hilton workers are striking for a living wage. $16.50/hr doesn’t cut it in Houston. Help them fight for $23/hr: gofund.me/a9721fcb #UnionPower #OrganizeTheSouth