Central Labor Council of Memphis & West TN

If you missed this year's Holiday Party with the Central Labor Council of Memphis & West TN, You missed out on some great punch and celebrating so many fights together from this year! Guests got to take their favorite pictures from the multiple actions this year and make their own personal ornament to take home. Union Strong all day long because its Union Season Everyday!

Party starting in under 30 minutes come join us

"In the first quarter of 2023 alone, union-represented workers saw an average 7% wage hike in the first year of their contracts..."

There were nearly 400 strikes in 2023, and experts think there's more to come: 'Nothing succeeds like success' Unionized workers went on hundreds of strikes this year to great effect. Labor experts believe strikes will continue in the coming years.

His momma's Union too.

"Since the Stand-Up Strike, hundreds of workers at non-union auto plants have been contacting the UAW International Union to organize. At the Chattanooga, Tennessee, Volkswagen plant, workers signed 1,000 cards in a week."

2023 In Review: Big Strikes, Bigger Gains Strikes and threats of strikes extracted contracts ranging from good to excellent from employers across the country this year. Half a million U.S. workers walked out—machinists, teachers, baristas, nurses, hotel housekeepers, and auto workers—with much of the motion coming from unions led by ref...

Many of working people work with, go to church with, have families that are Bus Riders. MATA has plans to cut regular rides during the Holidays. Bus Riders need these services even through the Holidays. Many will still have to get to work and back home.

PLEASE SCAN THE QR CODE and sign the petition to tell MATA NOT to cut routes or regular pick ups during the Holidays.

WE NEED A MORE EQUITABLE TRANSIT PLAN NOW! Comment done.

Action Alert: Stop MATA Service Cuts!

MATA will once again be voting on proposed service cuts scheduled to begin in February. Despite strong opposition at the last two MATA Board Meetings, the proposals are still on the table. MICAH, Memphis Bus Riders Union/Sindicato De Pasajeros, Citizens for Better Services, Sierra Club-Chickasaw Group, Central Labor Council of Memphis & West TN Group, Teamsters Local Union Number 667, and more than 250 petition signers stand in strong OPPOSITION to all proposed service cuts.

Join us in asking MATA Board to reconsider and refrain from approving ANY winter service cuts.

Here's how:
1. Sign the petition and share with others: https://bit.ly/47L9dTJ
2. Attend the MATA Board meeting on Dec 19th at 3:30 at One Commerce Square Auditorium

#901

Our partners at Tennessee For All are building up for 2024. Organizing, Activating and Executing our plan to build union power in Tennessee.

Macaulay Culkin was made an honorary member of Teamsters Local 714 after members worked on Home Alone. No wonder the Wet Bandits couldn't foil Kevin.

86-year-old Verna Mae Jackson was identified as the employee killed in an accident at the FedEx Memphis World Hub, here in Memphis.

Sing it with us, y'all.

Since June 4th, IFF Workers/BCTGM Local 390G Union members in Memphis have been on Strike, fighting to preserve their health insurance benefits and paid overtime.
They continue to .

Solidarity. (With workers, not the guy in the picture)

'You can't just make your own rules': Tesla faces Scandi revolt as Danes join Swedish strike Tesla faces a growing revolt in Scandinavia after Danish dockworkers joined a sympathy strike with Swedish mechanics.

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"Workers are no longer alone. The support of the communities for the workers’ perspective is incredibly valuable. And that support has a renewed, refreshed energy."

The resurgence of union power is bigger than money - Indiana Capital Chronicle The American people have lined up with the ones brave enough to go out on strike in 2023. Workers won big this year.

It’s the fifth death at the world hub since 2017. https://www.actionnews5.com/2023/11/30/worker-dies-fedex-hub/?fbclid=IwAR1L8vIkazG8MvnzGcKqVuOt2mgFWqj_vjrHSn4HYpkxjD0UpLovl-BLhW4_aem_AQyF6rK6nR_d0ixRUkjGSmHcluX2TvqcJiivmV_uUv4ppLAmB0H7WgyeNorC-RJ-1O4

Worker at FedEx Hub dies A FedEx worker died at the World Hub on Thursday morning.

Since June 4th, BCTGM Local 390G/IFF Workers have been on Strike, fighting to preserve their health insurance and overtime pay.

They continue to stand firm.

Now, let's get that WIN for BCTGM Local 390G/IFF Workers on Strike here in Memphis.

"The strike in Memphis more than five decades ago 'inspired a surge of organizing and strikes, not unlike what we see today.'"

How the Memphis Sanitation Workers’ Strike Changed the Labor Movement The 1968 action led to greater economic mobility for Black workers. Today, union activists are trying to capture some of that spirit.

A very happy 🦃 day to everyone except scabs, union busters, and elected officials who support "rIgHt tO wOrK."