Peter RileyAug 15, 2024

Workers with the #UnitedFarmWorkers, the #UnionofSouthernServiceWorkers, #StarbucksWorkersUnited and other #union members are organizing around the country under the banner of #HeatWeek demanding protections from extreme heat.
Earlier this month, a 36-year-old sanitation worker in #Baltimore, Ronald Silver II, collapsed and died while on the job as the heat index reached 105 degrees.

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/article/2024/aug/13/workers-protections-heat-week

US workers launch Heat Week to fight for ‘the right to water, shade and rest’

In probably the hottest summer ever, workers are organizing in 13 cities to raise alarm about workplace heat exposure

The Guardian
Show threadsuchajazzylineNov 14, 2023

#WaffleHouse #WorkReform petition from #UnionOfSouthernServiceWorkers, not yet sanctioned by the Labor Relations Board.

https://ussw.org/actions/wafflehouse/

#USSW

Demands on Waffle House - Union of Southern Service Workers

with 24/7 security, an end to unfair paycheck deductions, and a fair wage from the iconic Southern restaurant. Sign our petition now.

Union of Southern Service Workers
I ForgetDec 7, 2022

TIL the #UnionOfSouthernServiceWorkers is organizing low-wage service industry workers in #NorthCarolina, #SouthCarolina, #Georgia, and #Alabama.

"Throughout history, workers in the South— especially Black and brown workers— have been excluded from the right to form a union. This history of exclusion continues today with low-wage service workers."

"We are building a union despite the fact that the rules are rigged against us as Southern workers."

https://ussw.org/

Union of Southern Service Workers

USSW is a new union built by and for workers from across the service industry taking collective action to shift the balance of power in the South.

Union of Southern Service Workers