 | MISSION STATEMENT
BWFJ believes that African American workers need self organization to help empower ourselves at the workplace, in communities and throughout the whole of US society to organize, educate, mobilize and struggle for power, justice, self-determination and human rights for African Americans, other oppressed nationalities, women and all working class people whether employed or unemployed, union workers or unorganized. We work to build the strength and leadership of Black workers in the Black Freedom and labor movements. |
  | BWFJ Mourns the Loss of Venezuelan President Hugo Chávez
The Black Workers for Justice joins the Venezuelan people and millions around the world in expressing our deep sadness at the passing of President Hugo Chavez Frias. We extend our profound sympathy to the family of President Chavez and the people of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela. As he joins ...
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 | Charlotte City Workers Win Right To Payroll Dues Deduction
UE members in Charlotte won an historic victory on January 14, when the City Council, by a 6 to 5 vote, granted city unions the right to collect dues from their members through payroll deduction, also known as dues checkoff.
While Local 150 already had dues checkoff for its members who work for ...
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 | Every 36 Hours
A human rights crisis confronts Black people in the United States. Since January 1, 2012, police and a much smaller number of security guards and self-appointed vigilantes have murdered at least 120 Black women and men. These killings are definitely not accidental or random acts of violence or the ...
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 | Putting America Back to Work
The hype is on again in the press that recovery is around the corner. Last month's jobs numbers are cited as the latest proof of recovery. The economic data puffery will no doubt prove intense in this election year, but a closer look at the facts should temper the false confidence.
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 | Operation Dixie/1946 Leaf house workers campaign
A North Carolina Highway Historical Marker recognizing the 1946 tobacco leaf house workers union campaign was unveiled in Rocky Mount by the Phoenix Historical Society on Sept. 3. The United Electrical Workers union, Local 150 co-sponsored the event.
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 | Sister Ida Boddie-Presente!
Beloved Black Workers for Justice member and Rocky Mt. activist joined the ancestors on July 24. Sister Ida, born in Edgecombe County in 1936 was a fierce and loving freedom fighter. This is the expression offered at her funeral on behalf of the Black Workers for Justice. It was read by Ashaki ...
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