The New Labor Organizing Committee has formally accepted the affiliation of the following workers’ circles:

Johnson City New Labor Committee (TN)
Working People’s Association of Charlotte (NC)
Columbus New Labor Committee (OH)
Oklahoma City New Labor Committee (OK)
Providence New Labor Committee (RI)

The purpose of these circles is to provide local assistance to the shop organizations, help new organizers with establishing and expanding shop organizations, study and propagate the line of New Labor and trade union literature generally, organize opposition to reactionary labor organizations, as well as investigate local working conditions and provide regular reports to be published in Labor Storm. These organizations, called New Labor Committees, also have the important task of working towards united action between the NLOC and independent labor organizations not affiliated to the NLOC or the AFL-CIO, such as the Industrial Workers of the World or Carolina Amazonians United for Solidarity and Empowerment. However, unlike the local officials of the state unions, the officials of the workers’ circles have no voting power within the NLOC, only the shop organizations. This is to prevent a situation where local officials who are divorced from the workplace struggles dictate the focus of the organization. Workers in the workers circles instead exert influence indirectly, through their participation in the shop organizations or through consultation with the NLOC Executive Council, which is composed entirely of shop organizers. For more details on the workers’ circles, see the NLOC program at newlaborpress.org or reach out to newlaboroc@proton.me with any questions or suggestions.