Dianne Mathiowetz

Workers take first bite out of the Apple in Georgia

Atlanta According to union organizers at the Cumberland Mall Apple store, the National Labor Relations Board has set June 1-3…

May 16, 2022

Painters’ union charges wage theft on Georgia campus

Kennesaw, Georgia Kennesaw State University students, faculty and staff; AFL-CIO representatives; elected officials; a delegation from the Georgia Latino Alliance…

May 2, 2022

Atlanta Apple store workers move to unionize

Atlanta April 27 — Shock waves were no doubt felt at tech giant Apple headquarters when workers at the Cumberland…

April 27, 2022

Folkston detainees, immigrant rights activists chant together

Folkston, Georgia April 16 – Multiple organizations forming the Coalition to Shut Down ICE in Georgia have been giving special…

April 22, 2022

On strike for a year, Alabama coal miners say: ‘We won’t back down!’

Tannehill Ironworks State Park McCalla, Alabama April 6 – Thousands of coal miners, supporters, labor leaders and rank-and-file union members…

April 11, 2022

Georgia rally demands: ‘No prisons for profit!’

Atlanta March 3 — Immigrant rights groups and other social justice organizations responded to a call from the Detention Watch…

March 9, 2022

Unions rally for Alabama Amazon workers

Bessemer, Alabama The weather was cool in Alabama on Feb. 26, but the Amazon workers’ spirits were hot! A crowd…

March 1, 2022

Federal jury finds: Ahmaud Arbery’s killers ‘guilty of hate crimes’

  Atlanta February 23: Today is Ahmaud Arbery Day, as declared by the Georgia General Assembly earlier this month. In…

February 24, 2022

What’s next after Ahmaud Arbery’s killers held ‘accountable’

Judge Timothy Walmsley delivered sentences to the convicted murderers of Ahmaud Arbery on Jan. 7. The 25-year-old Black man was…

January 10, 2022

Black pastors protest racism, gather to support Arbery family

Atlanta  In the town of Brunswick, Georgia, Gregory McMichael, his son Travis McMichael and their neighbor, William “Roddie” Bryant, are…

November 23, 2021