Teamsters Local 667
Memphis Strong — carrying the legacy of 1968
Powering · Labor Education
More than a slogan — it is a movement to educate, organize, and mobilize working people across the South.
10 Southerners have signed on
The South has always played a major role in the labor movement — from Memphis sanitation workers in 1968 to today’s workers in logistics, manufacturing, healthcare, transportation, education, public service, and the skilled trades.
Now it’s time for Southern workers to lead again.
This movement, powered by the Labor Education Platform, is focused on building worker power through education, solidarity, leadership development, and community action.
Fair Price Watch
Southern shoppers and workers: spot a price that’s higher in your ZIP than across town? Report it anonymously. The South fights back against predatory pricing — built with UFCW Local 1529 grocery workers in mind.
Open Fair Price Watch
EDUCATE
Every worker deserves free access to labor education.
ORGANIZE
A connected Southern labor network — unions, CLCs, students, faith groups, community allies.
MOBILIZE
Turning education into action. Solidarity into power.
The Civic Power Playbook
Southern labor-lead cities are being targeted by redistricting. The maps may be rigged — but the people aren’t. Six year-round strategies to register more workers, protect voting access, and build lasting political power from the precinct up.
REGISTER
Voter Registration · Year-Round
Sign up low-propensity voters everywhere working people gather: churches, union halls, schools, apartment complexes, community colleges, job sites, barber shops, neighborhood meetings — and returning citizens who are eligible. Don't wait until election season.
TURN OUT
Precinct-by-Precinct Program
Identify precincts with low registration and low turnout. Assign captains to knock doors, make calls, send texts, and deliver clear voting information to every household. Turnout is built block by block.
PROTECT
Make Voting Practical
Help workers check their registration, understand voter ID rules, find their polling place, use early voting, and check absentee eligibility — through official state election resources. Remove every barrier between a voter and the ballot.
RECRUIT
Trusted Local Candidates
Competitive seats need credible local messengers: teachers, union members, veterans, pastors, small-business owners, neighborhood leaders, and young organizers. Build a bench from the workplace and the community, not the donor class.
WIN LOCAL
Down-Ballot First
Even when congressional maps are tilted, school board, city council, county commission, state House, and state Senate races build durable long-term power. Local wins compound. Local wins shape who runs for higher office five years from now.
SUSTAIN
Year-Round Civic Organization
Don't just mobilize near Election Day. Keep a permanent structure: voter education, issue forums, candidate nights, canvassing, rides to the polls, and legal voter-protection support. Power doesn't take an off-season.
The Southern Labor Network
Every Southern state AFL-CIO and every major Central Labor Council that organizes Southern workers. In-app pages are highlighted in red.
Southern State AFL-CIOs
Alabama AFL-CIO
Alabama
Arkansas AFL-CIO
Arkansas
Florida AFL-CIO
Florida
Georgia AFL-CIO
Georgia
Kentucky AFL-CIO
Kentucky
Louisiana AFL-CIO
Louisiana
Mississippi AFL-CIO
✦ View in-app page
North Carolina State AFL-CIO
North Carolina
Oklahoma AFL-CIO
Oklahoma
South Carolina AFL-CIO
South Carolina
Tennessee AFL-CIO
✦ View in-app page
Texas AFL-CIO
Texas
Virginia AFL-CIO
Virginia
West Virginia AFL-CIO
West Virginia
Southern Central Labor Councils
Memphis
Memphis & West TN Central Labor Council
✦ In-app page
Nashville
Nashville Central Labor Council
✦ In-app page
Chattanooga
Chattanooga Area Labor Council
✦ In-app page
Knoxville
Knoxville-Oak Ridge Central Labor Council
✦ In-app page
Atlanta
Atlanta-North Georgia Labor Council
Charlotte
Charlotte Central Labor Council
Raleigh
Triangle Area Labor Council
Miami
South Florida AFL-CIO
Tampa Bay
Tampa Bay Central Labor Council
Orlando
Central Florida AFL-CIO
New Orleans
Greater New Orleans AFL-CIO
Louisville
Greater Louisville Central Labor Council
Richmond
Central Virginia Labor Council
Houston
Harris County AFL-CIO
Dallas
Dallas AFL-CIO Central Labor Council
San Antonio
South Central Texas Area Labor Council
Oklahoma City
Central Oklahoma Labor Federation
Tulsa
Northeastern Oklahoma Labor Council
Don’t see your CLC? Visit the full CLC directory or the AFL-CIO national directory.
Service Workers Organizing the South
Union of Southern Service Workers
Built by & for low-wage Black & brown service workers across the South. Waffle House, retail, fast food, dollar stores — organizing despite the rules being rigged. By any means necessary.
Organizing for Racial & Economic Justice
Labor South · Sur Obrero
Developing worker organizers, student leaders, and allies to build lasting power across the South — now partnering with labor in Memphis on shared projects.
Faith & Labor for Worker Justice
Workers Interfaith Network
Faith and labor united for the dignity of every worker. The Memphis Workers’ Center fights wage theft, discrimination & unsafe conditions — back in business and needed more than ever.
Global Labor Solidarity
Solidarity Center
The AFL-CIO’s international solidarity arm. Multinational corporations cross borders to drive down wages — workers must cross them to defend each other. Building stronger unions on every continent.
The Movement School of the South
Highlander Center
For almost a century, the training ground for Southern movement leaders — from the labor organizers of the 1930s-40s to the Civil Rights Movement to today’s youth and worker organizers. Personal friends of our labor community; Vonda McDaniel served as Co-Executive Director.
Mission Statement
Building a stronger South where workers have knowledge, opportunity, representation, and a voice.
“The South Got Something to Say” is a Southern worker movement dedicated to educating, organizing, and mobilizing working people through labor education, technology, solidarity, and community engagement.
Powered by Labor Education & the Memphis & West TN Central Labor Council.
Take the Pledge
The South has been counted out for too long — low wages, broken promises, and a seat at no table. The pledge changes that. It adds your name to a growing roll of Southern workers who refuse to be divided and are ready to Educate, Organize, and Mobilize.
Takes 30 seconds. Costs nothing. And there’s power in numbers — the longer the list, the louder our voice.
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