June 4, 2020.Tuesday night into Wednesday morning the morning the Metro Council held a public hearing on the 2020-2021 Fiscal Year budget. Our Mayor and 40 elected councilmembers decide how much money they will direct to our public schools, transit system, parks, public hospital and other social services; as well

We are tired of seeing our families, friends, and neighbors die in the hands of the police. We are tired of police terrorizing our communities. Like so many others, we have been feeling crushed, angry, and outraged over the murder of #GeorgeFloyd by Minneapolis police officers on Monday, May 25th.

May 7, 2020. If you’ve been around Workers’ Dignity for a while, you know that we hold our Anniversary Celebration and semi-annual grassroots fund drive at the beginning of May. This year is different. We can’t celebrate in person, and we are not fundraising right now because we know many

May 3, 2020. Thank you to all who came out to our May Day Caravan on Friday! Our caravan of 50+ cars rolled through 15 miles of Nashville’s streets, past 7 worksites, multiple neighborhoods, and past dozens of pedestrians that joined along in the cheering. Our collective car beeping and

Nashville workers and their allies come together to celebrate their contributions to society and this year’s victories in struggle: We revived the tradition back in 2013 of massive outreach on the street by parading, and handing out flyers to working families in the multi-ethnic neighborhoods along Nolensville pike. This year, we got

Workers draw a line in the sand against million-dollar giveaways with no labor standards, in public press conference releasing report This Monday, more than forty housekeepers, occupational health professionals, and concerned community members gathered for a press conference followed by the online release of the report “Hotels Shouldn’t Hurt” (click here

Join Workers’ Dignity TODAY as we release our report “Hotels Shouldn’t Hurt.” Hear directly from former and current housekeepers about our experiences working in Nashville’s hotels. We’ll share about poverty wages, wage theft, being pressured to work dangerously fast, and having to pay our own medical costs when there are