- The BWFJ is an organization of Black workers formed in December of 1982 out of a struggle led by Black women workers at a K-mart store in Rocky Mount, North Carolina against race and gender discrimination. After organizing a boycott of the local K-mart store and reaching out to workers at other workplaces and communities, Black workers and community activists from 10 counties met at the First Missionary Baptist Church in Fremont, NC in December 1982 to form BWFJ as a statewide organization.
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No War with Iran!
The world is in significantly greater danger than it was before Thursday when Donald Trump ordered the assassination of Qassem Soleimani, a prominent Iranian General and political figure. This violation of international law is a declaration by US imperialism that it’s not accountable to the global democracy or human rights. Trump has been spoiling for this fight from day one of his presidency, but it is clear that this act is a diversion from the impeachment trial he faces.
Rocky Mount Sanitation Workers: Paid After 40 years for Their 1978 Strike
In 1978, from July 10 to September 25, 1978 about 36 City of Rocky Mount Sanitation workers went on intermitting strikes demanding the rehiring of Alexander Evans a Sanitation workers that was unjustly fired for picking up a suit left by a trashcan that was emptied by workers. There was policy that anything left within 10 feet of trash can be picked up by the workers. Evans was known to take clothes to people in need as part of his religious mission. A week before being fired there was an article in the Rocky Mt newspaper honoring Evans for caring for the poor. These workers were not unionized, but acted collectively to send representatives to meet with the City Manager and community forces to build support.
The City prosecuted Evans in court and was defeated, but the City wouldn’t rehire Evans, so the workers went on strike again.
Continue readingCondemn the Coup Against Bolivian President Evo Morales
We join thousands of organizations and millions of people across the globe in condemning the Coup carried out against President Evo Morales of Bolivia. To suggest that he voluntarily resigned ignores the demand placed on him by the military, which, along with the police, had been influenced by US intelligence services and aligned with the right wing opposition.
“And Still We Rise”
On Saturday, August 31, 2019 more than 100 activists from across North Carolina — especially from the eastern area — marched in Greenville to condemn the policies and direction of the Trump administration and in solidarity with the four newly elected congress- women (2018) under attack by the Trump regime.
In a statement published by the organizers in the weeks preceding the march and rally, the reasons for the call to action were outlined, “The Sexual Predator on Pennsylvania Avenue in his recent vicious attacks on “The Squad”: Ilhan Omar, Ayanna Pressley, Alexandria Ocasio- Cortez, and Rashida Tlaib, told these women of color to ‘go back to their crime-infested countries’ . All of these women are American citizens. All of these women are proud of their heritage and work for their respective communities. All of these women are being attacked because they fight for the working class, challenge white supremacy and patriarchy and because they are women. They dare to be women who have political convictions around their support of Palestine, their support of Venezuela, and their denunciation of border camps.”
Greenville, North Carolina was also the site for a Trump Campaign Rally in July this year where screaming Trump supporters yelled “send her back”, specifically targeting Ilhan Omar, a Somali native and American citizen newly elected to Congress along with hundreds of others in the 2018 Congressional election.
The Call for the March and Rally also commemorated the historic lynching of 14 year old Emmett Till who was murdered by white supremacists in Money, Mississippi on August 28, 1955. Emmett Till’s heinous and vicious murder was a catalyst for the emerging civil rights movement of the 1950s, 60s, and 70s.
The solidarity march and rally was organized by a coalition of activists and organizations in North Carolina including the Black Workers for Justice Women’s Commission; the Greenville NC Coalition Against Racism; the Racial Justice Group, Rocky Mount, NC; the Spirit House of Durham, NC; Muslims for Social Justice; Compeneras Compesinas of Raleigh, NC; Action NC Rage; the North Carolina Black Women’s Roundtable; Movement to End Racism and Islamophobia; and many others.
More than 70 women of color, leaders, and activists nation-wide signed on and endorsed the Call to Action, March, and Rally.
For more information, questions, or comments email: bwfjwc@gmail.com or call (919) 749–1692