Poder Popular
Nashville People Power Committee
Poder Popular is an organization of immigrant workers across Tennessee who work in the construction and hospitality industries and are fighting for better conditions at the workplace, at home, and for workers to have a say in how and what gets built here in Tennessee. Poder Popular helped guide the formation of two tenant unions in South Nashville and LaVergne, Tennessee: Unidos Por Un Cambio and Unidos Por Nuestras Familias. Poder Popular also played an advisory role in the formation of Vecinos Unidos de Wheel Estate in Memphis, TN. Together, these tenant unions collectively represent hundreds of immigrant workers and families across the state.
Poder Poular helped build the LARGEST tenant unions in Tennessee!
Cedar Glen Mobile Home Park forms Unidos Por Nuestras Familias (Unidos)
Through the support of Poder Popular, residents at Cedar Glen Mobile Home Community form Unidos Por Nuestras Familias (Unidos)—a militant tenant union of 300+ Families, now with Independent Leadership. After meeting their initial demands (ending predatory parking fees, overdue renovations, and harassment by former property manager), Unidos established a new membership and leadership structure, formulated new demands for 2025, planning to expand their work.
“Our goal is to create a force capable of challenging poor management and corporate owners, and drive changes that benefit the residents of Cedar Glen, Yes! Communities, and the working class.”
Suburban Mobile Home Park forms Unidos Por Un Cambio
Unidos inspired the residents at Suburban Mobile Home Park in Antioch, TN, to form Unidos Por Un Cambio. In December 2024, 80 residents came together to intercept an act of predatory car towing against a single mother at Suburban Mobile Home Park. The residents are fed up with management’s new parking policy, which states that they will tow cars for any family with 3 or more cars— a classic harassment tactic against working-class residents. With the support from Unidos Por Nuestras Familias and Poder Popular, residents at Suburban are organizing, making them the third tenant union at a TN mobile home park organized in 2024.
From Nashville to Memphis
Unidos Por Nuestras Familias inspired the residents at Wheel Estate Mobile Home Park in Memphis to form Vecinos Unidos de Wheel Estate!
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