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Plans for a Woodbine Community Garden Fall Flat for Immigrant Community A ‘difference in vision’ leads working-class neighbors to seek greener pastures Tweet Arnaldo Tun (center) works in the garden When members of the labor-organizing nonprofit Workers’ Dignity came together to discuss why it’s so difficult to organize and demand better working conditions in Tennessee, one answer stood out above the rest: Your food and shelter are strongly tied to your job, making it difficult to organize for more rights in the workplace.  This prompted some mem...

May 1, 2021 Gustavo ‘Kike’ Ramirez would have turned 17 this year. He died when his employer failed to provide him with a safety harness at a Nashville, Tennessee construction site on June 23, 2020. “It was ten months ago, and I still think about him every day,” said Jenifer Enamorado Ayala, recalling her brother’s preventable fall that ended his life at age 16. She is one of the family members and co-workers remembering those who lost their lives on the job for Workers’ Memorial Week – April 24 – May 3, 2021. “We’re fighting now to make everyone’s job safer, so no othe...

A 24-hour demonstration to celebrate community and peaceful coexistence, and gather against violence kicked off Friday in Nashville. The effort, "24 Hour Display of Power: 24 Hours of Complete Peace," will focus on  solidarity and building power amongst community members in an effort to take back the city, community organizer Gicola Lane said Friday. A rally and march in connection with the demonstration are slated for Saturday. "The goal is to really just call for absolute peace across the city," Lane said. "Our community is in pain. We have experienced a large influx of violence fr...

Tweet Share Vonda McDaniel Vonda McDaniel has seen a lot of changes in her nearly 30 years of labor organizing. McDaniel first joined a union in 1992, at the Firestone-Bridgestone tire factory in La Vergne where she worked. In a matter of months, she was elected as the shop steward, and that kicked off a lifetime of workers’ rights advocacy. In 2013, McDaniel was elected president of the Central Labor Council of Nashville and Middle Tennessee, an affiliation of more than 40 unions and community organizations, and she holds the position to this day. She says her...

Tweet Share A Workers' Dignity representative talks with a worker at a construction site in NashvillePhoto: Eric England After the frantic first weeks of the COVID-19 pandemic, Tennessee Gov. Bill Lee set out to reopen Tennessee businesses — a task he entrusted to a new economic recovery group. The group included lawmakers and members of Lee’s administration, plus the heads of several industry lobbies representing companies around the state — the Tennessee Retail Association, the Tennessee Hospitality and Tourism Association, the Tennessee Grocers & Convenience ...