October 22, 2019 (Nashville). Every Thursday, dozens of workers, Workers’ Dignity members, and ally advocates gather to fight wage theft in Nashville. And we’re making an impact.  Two weeks ago, Adriana and her coworkers won back $3,000 in unpaid wages for cleaning work they did at the TopGolf music and

October 17, 2019 (Nashville). We first confronted Skanska a year and 5 months ago, when 90 construction workers reported over $1 million in claims of wage theft while building the JW Marriott under Skanska’s general contracting. Now, Skanska has refused a delegation of labor leaders from Sweden and the United

September 6, 2019 (Nashville). Yesterday morning, an Immigration and Customs Enforcement agent opened fire on three Latino men who were heading to work. Plain-clothed agents approached their work van and demanded to see their IDs. When one person exercised his right to refuse to show his ID and drove away,

August 28, 2019 (Nashville). “31,000 affordable homes? Let them eat cake!” proclaimed Marie Antoinette, the last Queen of France before the French Revolution, during performances on the steps of City Hall and inside Metro Council chambers. She was part of a merry band of Nashvillians who called attention to our

  August 21, 2019 (Nashville) PARTIAL VICTORY — today we celebrate; tomorrow we keep fighting! Armando is one step closer to justice after he received a check this morning from Orion Building Corp for $66,000 – the full amount for the concrete work he and nine other construction workers completed on the Vanderbilt

August 13, 2019 (Nashville). It’s official. A movement is afoot to pressure Metro Nashville government to build the affordable housing we need now. 60 people joined the August 3rd Convergence to Launch 31,000 Homes on Saturday – a daylong training and strategy session to fight for a city that can be home to all

July 29, 2019 (Nashville). How long does it take for a hotel that charges up to $389 per night to pay the women who clean their rooms? For the downtown Hilton Garden Inn, it took almost 5 months for housekeepers Isabel and Margarita to get the almost $1,000 they say