We must build a new anti-racist economy that works for everyone. To do so, Black workers demand that the following 10 rights be meaningfully reflected in the law and enforced.
The Right to Organize
The Right to Resources and Information to Address Barriers to Quality Employment
the right to equitable wages, equal pay, and compensation that is owed
the right to career advancement opportunities
the right to workplaces free from discrimination, harassment and other harm
the right to health, healing and rest
The Right to Privacy and Freedom From Surveillance, Monitoring, Automated Management, and Control
the right to dignity in seeking, securing, maintaining, and retiring from employment
the right to participate in democracy
Rev. Shanan E. Jones addressess the Black clergy and their role in the labor movement. He also reminds us of the 4 Movements of the Freedom Symphony that Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. spoke to. 1st movement: Black folks had to get out of slavery. 2nd movement: We had to overcome Jim Crow. 3rd movement: Secure the Right to Vote. 4th movement: Economic justice and jobs.
Sandra Williams, a member of the Black Worker Policy Coalition, Deputy Political Director at RWDSU Southeast and board member at the Atlanta-North Georgia Labor council greeted our rally attendees, introduced some of our partner organizations who are driving this work with us, and spoke to the importance of the Black Worker Bill of Rights.