Baltimore Black Worker Center

Building a movement of Black workers to transform ourselves, our city and the current economic, political, and social status quo.

 

OUR MISSION

We strive to build the grassroots power of Black workers to promote racial and economic justice in the workplace and throughout our communities. We aim to increase access to quality and living wage jobs; end discrimination in the workplace; redefine the meaning and possibilities of work; and advance a solidarity economy in Baltimore city led by Black workers (whether through unionization, policy reform, survival programs, worker-cooperatives, and/or grassroots issue based campaigns).  

VISION

The center aims to increase access to quality and living wage jobs; end discrimination in the workplace; redefine the meaning and possibilities of work; and advance a solidarity economy in Baltimore city led by Black workers (whether through unionization, policy reform, survival programs, worker-cooperatives, and/or grassroots issue based campaigns). Building a Baltimore Black Worker Center is about building a movement of Black workers to transform ourselves, our city and the current economic, political, and social status quo. We seek to organize with and as Black workers because Black workers occupy an important and strategic role in our society for disrupting business as usual and developing sustainable, creative, and transformative Black worker-led solutions for a just and equitable Baltimore for all.