labor unions

May 3, 2019 - This week Tennessee Gov. Bill Lee led an anti-union meeting at Chattanooga's Volkswagen plant, where last month workers petitioned for an election to join the United Auto Workers. The public and journalists were shut out of the event, which showed how government officials and corporations in the South work together to bust unions.

September 28, 2018 - Agricultural workers — many of whom are undocumented or in the country on work visas — are among the most vulnerable workers. We recently spoke with Justin Flores of the Farm Labor Organizing Committee about how these workers are building power despite the numerous attacks on their right to organize.

October 26, 2017 - As he and other organizers gather for the annual Southern Movement Assembly, Saladin Muhammad with North Carolina's Black Workers for Justice discusses the importance of building power in the workplace, of tying local struggles together into a mass movement, and of being conscious of the history we're making.

December 1, 1999 - This article originally appeared in Southern Exposure Vol. 27 No. 4, "Standing Out." Find more from that issue here.

March 1, 1994 - Workers thought the days of paternalism at Cone Mills were long past — until the company promised to make them part-owners.

August 1, 1991 - The myth of reverse discrimination — and what we can do about it.

October 1, 1990 - This article originally appeared in Southern Exposure Vol. 18 No. 3, "Sunbelt Blues." Find more from that issue here.