June 13, 2019 (Nashville). It’s no longer business-as-usual in Nashville’s construction boom. Nashville construction workers scored another victory! Commercial painting worker and Workers’ Dignity member Valentín was fully paid over $3,000 last Thursday for nearly eighty hours of painting he said he completed 7 months ago. Subcontractor John Warner paid after

March 22, 2019 (Nashville). When luxury hotels and general contractors refuse to take responsibility for all workers on their sites, Nashville won’t sit quietly. Workers and community members took to the streets twice in the past week,  sounding the (bull)horn against treacherous conditions in construction. On Saturday, instead of the

March 1, 2019 (Nashville). Last Friday, over 30 workers and community members passed out soggy flyers, raised dampened signs, and chanted under ponchos across the street from the latest construction site overseen by Skanska, one of Nashville’s biggest general contractors (and a multinational corporation). Now, still missing two weeks of

February 26, 2019 (Nashville). Why do only certain Nashvillians get access to quality, safe public transit? Questions like this were why over 100 people crowded into the WeGo Community Meeting Room on Monday for a Transit Equity Luncheon and panel discussion. Representatives from Music City Riders United, ATU Local 1235,

Will you join us in calling for fair treatment for Nashville construction workers? Last Tuesday, about 50 construction workers, Metro Council members, and concerned Nashvillians gathered at City Hall to demand luxury developers take responsibility for the workers who work on their projects. “Time worked, time paid!” the crowd chanted at

Two days of action! TODAY and TOMORROW @5PM: Stand with Bus Riders, WeGo Workers and Construction Workers in Demanding Justice Join us for two days of action! Today, February 4, 2019 at 5PM at Music City Central stand with bus riders and WeGo workers to demand racial and economic equality

Will you honor Rosa Parks’ legacy of fighting transit racism by joining us on Monday, February 4th at 5:00PM at Music City Central to demand quality public transportation for ALL bus riders and good jobs for transit workers? Bus riders with Music City Riders United and WeGo workers with the

Unpaid construction workers under attack! Unpaid construction workers and Metro Council Members denounce actions by Skanska. Will you stand with unpaid construction workers on Tuesday, February 5 at 5:00PM at City Hall? Community leaders, Metro council members, and unpaid construction workers will gather outside the Metro Council Chambers to denounce

On Wednesday, 35 public bus riders and their supporters gathered for the public release of the 20-page Bus Route Report Card study. The event coincided with the launch of a long-term campaign by Music City Riders United for racial and economic equity in Nashville’s public transit (check out the report