Nabretta Hardin (Starbucks Workers United)\ , Dominic Harris (Southern Workers Assembly)\, Maxwell Nutter (Starbucks W orkers United)\, Sekia Royall (Southern Workers Assembly)\, moderated by M ark Wilkerson (Southern Workers United)
\n\nA panel of workers organ izing to build worker power in the South discuss recent victories\, challe nges\, and hopes for the future. Come imagine a worker-run society with th ese powerful worker leaders organizing the way in the South!
\n\nNab retta Hardin is a leader of Starbucks Workers United and one of the Memphi s 7. She began organizing a union at her store in Memphis\, Tennessee\, t o address health and safety issues and ensure fair pay for herself and her coworkers. In February of this year\, she was fired in retaliation for he r organizing efforts. Today\, Nabretta works to support and expand the org anizing campaign at Starbucks stores across the US. She is the proud daug hter of two union parents and the granddaughter of a civil rights activist who marched alongside Martin Luther King Jr.
\n\nDominic Harris is the President of the Charlotte City Workers Union chapter of UE Local 150. He works as a Crew Chief for the Water department\, where he keeps clean drinking water flowing to the city's residents. Dominic is on the Coordina ting Committee of the Southern Workers Assembly\, and key convener of the Charlotte Workers Assembly. Dominic also sits on the NC Medicare for All C oalition board and is a long-time advocate for single payer healthcare.
\n\nMaxwell Nutter is a Starbucks barista in Knoxville\, TN. He and hi s partners organized the fourth Starbucks location to win their union vote in the Knoxville area\, and are actively working on helping other partner s and stores near them get started. His favorite hobbies include playing g uitar\, reading\, and refurbishing old electronics.
\n\nSekia Royall is a food service assistant at a state mental health facility in Goldsbor o\, NC. She is President of the North Carolina Public Service Workers Unio n UE Local 150 and on the Steering Committee of the Southern Workers Assem bly. In her spare time\, she runs a Kansas City-style Bar-B-Q truck (which is controversial in eastern NC!) called Premier BBQ.
\n\nModerated by Mark Wilkerson. Mark brings over 31 years of experience relating to org anized labor and for all those years he can say “I’m Proud to be Union.' F rom the tobacco fields of VA to the cotton mills of NC\, he has learned th at there’s nothing more lethal than a group of workers who are bound toget her by trust and love for one another moving towards the same goal of just ice and equality for all. Moving through the ranks from shop steward to or ganizing to Business Agent and now FL/ GA Director for SRJB Workers United / SEIU\, he thanks God to have the chance to improve someone’s life everyd ay.
\n\nBEGIN:VALARM UID:64386132-3165-4633-a365-353066356237 ACTION:DISPLAY DESCRIPTION:Nabretta Hardin (Starbucks Workers United)\, Dominic Harris (So uthern Workers Assembly)\, Maxwell Nutter (Starbucks Workers United)\, Sek ia Royall (Southern Workers Assembly)\, moderated by Mark Wilkerson (South ern Workers United)\n\nA panel of workers organizing to build worker power in the South discuss recent victories\, challenges\, and hopes for the fu ture. Come imagine a worker-run society with these powerful worker leaders organizing the way in the South!\n\nNabretta Hardin is a leader of Starbu cks Workers United and one of the Memphis 7. She began organizing a union at her store in Memphis\, Tennessee\, to address health and safety issues and ensure fair pay for herself and her coworkers. In February of this ye ar\, she was fired in retaliation for her organizing efforts. Today\, Nabr etta works to support and expand the organizing campaign at Starbucks stor es across the US. She is the proud daughter of two union parents and the granddaughter of a civil rights activist who marched alongside Martin Luth er King Jr.\n\nDominic Harris is the President of the Charlotte City Worke rs Union chapter of UE Local 150. He works as a Crew Chief for the Water d epartment\, where he keeps clean drinking water flowing to the city's resi dents. Dominic is on the Coordinating Committee of the Southern Workers As sembly\, and key convener of the Charlotte Workers Assembly. Dominic also sits on the NC Medicare for All Coalition board and is a long-time advocat e for single payer healthcare.\n\nMaxwell Nutter is a Starbucks barista in Knoxville\, TN. He and his partners organized the fourth Starbucks locati on to win their union vote in the Knoxville area\, and are actively workin g on helping other partners and stores near them get started. His favorite hobbies include playing guitar\, reading\, and refurbishing old electroni cs.\n\nSekia Royall is a food service assistant at a state mental health f acility in Goldsboro\, NC. She is President of the North Carolina Public S ervice Workers Union UE Local 150 and on the Steering Committee of the Sou thern Workers Assembly. In her spare time\, she runs a Kansas City-style B ar-B-Q truck (which is controversial in eastern NC!) called Premier BBQ.\n \nModerated by Mark Wilkerson. Mark brings over 31 years of experience rel ating to organized labor and for all those years he can say “I’m Proud to be Union.' From the tobacco fields of VA to the cotton mills of NC\, he ha s learned that there’s nothing more lethal than a group of workers who are bound together by trust and love for one another moving towards the same goal of justice and equality for all. Moving through the ranks from shop s teward to organizing to Business Agent and now FL/ GA Director for SRJB Wo rkers United/ SEIU\, he thanks God to have the chance to improve someone’s life everyday.\n\n TRIGGER:-PT15M END:VALARM END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR