![A middle-aged-looking white man, hair in a pony tail, shares a stage with a young Black woman. She is speaking into a bullhorn, wearing a USSW T-shirt. They're in front of a Waffle House sign, holding placards about an unfair labor practice strike.](https://convergencemag.com/app/uploads/2024/04/USSW-image-1024x768.jpg)
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Organizing the South: We Look Back to Move Ahead
Taken together, the history, economy and ruling ideology of the US South make it difficult to build workers' power. But armed with the lessons from the CIO's Operation Dixie, and fueled by the momentum of recent victories, organizers see a way forward.