December 20, 2022 A year ago, when Workers’ Dignity and the Southeast Center for Cooperative Development started to engage decision-makers around funding affordable housing projects that combined community land trusts with housing cooperatives, we were told that Nashville had never funded cooperative housing projects before and that it was unlikely

December 6, 2022 “My teenage son lost his life, dreams, and ambitions. He fell from the highest floor of this hotel’s construction site and lost his life in just a few seconds. I wish I could say he was the last worker to die, but that’s not the case.” This

December 27, 2020 Hey y’all, it’s Ashley, the person that’s been asking you to donate all month. One of my favorite things about my role is that I get to hear from our supporters about why you support Workers’ Dignity. In the same spirit, I think I owe it to you to

December 20, 2020 Working in construction in Nashville means risking your life everyday, then being left to fend for yourself when you are injured. “I requested physical therapy after my accident, and I was fired.” “I lost 3 fingers and the doctor told me I must go back to work

December 11, 2020 Twenty worksites. Hundreds of workers. There have been (at least) 20 reported COVID-19 outbreaks at construction sites in Nashville. Construction has been an essential workforce throughout the pandemic, but workers will be the first to tell you that we are treated as expendable, not essential. But it

December 3, 2020 This summer we marched to defend Black Lives and defund the police in some of the largest marches in Nashville’s recent movement memory. Many of these and other actions were organized and led by high school students. It’s clear that young people already are and will be

December 1, 2020 Today is #GivingTuesday, and the launch of our Annual Year-End Fund Drive. It’s a time when we come to ask for your support again so we have the resources we need for the work ahead of us. If you share our vision of building a multiracial, multilingual mass

Workers claim victory after MNPS School Board takes a stand for construction worker rights, abstains from contracting low-road construction company. “I think you all know why I’m here.” Armando Arzate was one of the first workers to address the Metro Nashville School Board on Tuesday, November 10th. It’s been an entire

November 4, 2020 Politicians won’t save us. Electoral politics have never given us the change we need. It never will. We vision a world where every single person is able to be their full selves, free from oppression, borders, war and bosses. No matter who wins or what happens in the

September 18, 2020 We did it! We raised $42,561 to celebrate our 10th Anniversary! Thank you to the 226 people who donated and to everyone that helped phonebank, watched our online events, volunteered, and helped spread the word. The worker center is what the workers and people make of it, and we’re