June 25, 2020. Yesterday evening, more than 50 workers held a vigil for Gustavo Enrique Rameriz, a 16-year-old construction worker who died after falling 120 feet from the La Quinta Hotel at 315 Interstate Drive on Tuesday. Community members gathered with crosses, candles, coffins and photos of Gustavo playing soccer, while also

June 5, 2020. More than 10,000 people marched for hours through the streets of Nashville yesterday, opposing racism and police violence targeting the Black community. Ten. Thousand. The action, called by high school students, was the latest in a series of protests, vigils and calls on Nashville Mayor John Cooper

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

Dec. 11, 2019 (Nashville). Last night, many of you joined us for the Nashville Metro School Board meeting in support of Armando’s and Rafael’s fight to recover $43,000 of unpaid work they say they completed at McMurray Middle School. Thanks to your support, Interim Director Dr. Adrienne Battle announced a

Nov. 29, 2019 (Nashville) “We can’t let people keep getting abused!” said Efrain, after he won back $1,500 for painting a public housing apartment complex in July.  After months of organizing with fellow workers, Efrain led his case to victory. But why did it take four months of bounced checks

Nov. 14, 2019 (Nashville). On a frosty evening, a packed house of construction workers and their supporters brought the heat to the Metro Nashville Public Schools Board meeting, urging Superintendent Dr. Battle and the School Board to stop wage theft in our schools!  In a powerful display of solidarity, 35

October 15, 2019 (Nashville). What happens when a General Contractor that claims to be committed to human rights and labor standards opens up shop in anti-union Nashville, Tennessee? A new report by the AFL-CIO, “The Double Standard at Work: European Corporate Investment and Workers’ Rights in the American South” finds