Program Aims to Train 50 Organizers, Knock Over 100,000 Doors this Fall Step Up Louisiana announced a once in a generation investment in grassroots organizing in the Deep South, Tuesday. The Fall for Liberation is an organizing drive that will train 50 Southeast Louisiana residents on community, labor and electoral organizing. With plans to knock […]
Rally Follows “Shameful” Retaliatory Closures of Dollar General and Family Dollar JULY 30, 2024, NEW ORLEANS—Dollar store workers and customers rallied at the Morrison Avenue Dollar General in New Orleans, Tuesday, to protest the seemingly retaliatory closures of six Dollar General locations and several Family Dollars in New Orleans East, exacerbating an existing food desert […]
Tuesday Protest to Call Out Retaliation from Dollar General and Family Dollar, Highlight Impacts of Shuttered Stores on Community JULY 29, 2024, NEW ORLEANS—Dollar store workers and customers will gather at the Morrison Avenue Dollar General to call out the mega-chain for retaliating against workers who have been organizing for safer stores. The recent move […]
Led by Step Up Louisiana, representatives of several community organizations and other advocates spoke passionately in support of the proposed Workers Bill of Rights at the New Orleans City Councils Economic Development Committee meeting on Tuesday, March 19. On Thursday March 21, the full Council will consider a ballot proposal to amend the Citys Home […]
After a number of violent incidents at dollar stores and the Dec. 8 shooting at the Gentilly Dollar Tree that left four people injured, dollar store workers from across New Orleans held a rally and second line to bring awareness to their fight for safer stores and higher wages on Saturday.
On May 25, Dollar General workers from New Orleans will hold a rally at the Dollar General shareholder meeting in Goodlettsville, TN to demand better working conditions and better pay.
After 15 years of an unwanted state takeover era leaving New Orleans with a 100% charter school district, an eradication of neighborhood based schools, extreme busing of students, and massive school closures – we are now at a turning point that could spark the dawn of an era to reclaim our schools. Senate Bill 95 […]
Throughout the pandemic, unemployment has been a consistent concern, particularly in Louisiana. The state is heavily reliant on the hospitality industry, especially in New Orleans. Around 16 percent of the city’s workers are employed in the hospitality industry, which has been hardest-hit by pandemic safety closures. A new report by Step Up Louisiana analyzing the […]
With a bipartisan bill needing to be passed before the end of the year to avoid a gap in unemployment relief, unemployed workers and members of Step Up Louisiana are going to rally outside of Senator Kennedy’s office today and bring our bills to show the Senator what we are going through. NEW ORLEANS, […]
Who: Dozens of unemployed workers along with Step Up Louisiana, UNITE HERE Local 23, IATSE Local 478, New Orleans DSA, Jane’s Place Neighborhood Sustainability Initiative, and New Orleans Renter’s Rights Assembly Where: Outside of Senator John Kennedy’s office, 500 Poydras Street When: Tuesday, September 1 @ 10AM Visuals: Civil Disobedience action in order to call attention […]
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