The Center for American Progress Action Fund produced a video series, Unions Make the Middle Class, documenting what is at stake in three real stories of how unions make the middle class.
Baldemar Velasquez and The Aguila Negra band will perform a mix of movement songs with traditional Mexican folk music at a benefit concert for FLOC on June 15th
North Carolina Alliance for Retired Americans (NCARA) will hold its 2nd Annual Golf Tournament on June 28th to benefit the A. Philip Randolph Institute Food Bank.
AFSCME has just released a new video about how the federal government is spending billions of dollars to the exclusive benefit of special interests.
Farmworkers and their supporters turned out in full force on May 9 at the Reynolds American 2013 Shareholders Meeting.
It’s un-American what happened to Marcus Hedger. Without a functioning NLRB, people like Marcus Hedger, are getting hurt, losing their homes and the American Dream.
Update: Despite your calls and our lobbying against it, HB 677 did pass the state house on Monday night. The bill now moves to the state senate.
Each Monday evening, the North Carolina Chapter of the NAACP and other progressive groups are staging actions at the North Carolina General Assembly to protest attacks on workers’ rights and other regressive legislation.
On Saturday, May 11, 2013, the National Association of Letter Carriers (NALC) will team up to support Feeding America and help Stamp Out Hunger across America. Now in its 21st year, the annual food drive helps provide help to the millions of Americans struggling to put food on the table.
Join us in Winston-Salem on Thursday, May 9 as we rally and march for justice for tobacco farmworkers!
In an email to supporters on Friday, the North Carolina State Conference of the NAACP, our partner in the H K on J coalition, called for a “Mass Rally and Protest Outside NC General Assembly” on Tuesday, May 7th.
The North Carolina State AFL-CIO Carolina Labor School will be held at the University of North Carolina at Wilmington on July 14-19, 2013. New for 2013 is a 20% discount on tuition and fees for registered Labor School students aged 28 and younger.
Overall, the legislative landscape remains grim, littered with examples of disdain for workers, disdain for unions, and many other causes for concern. Read all about it in our Mid-Session 2013 Legislative Update.
Triangle Jobs with Justice would like to invite everyone to take part in a May Day 2013 celebration and mobilization in Raleigh, NC.
Award-winning Canadian director Bruce McDonald is sending a message to Ontario politicians behaving badly with a clever YouTube video that should resonate with every union member in North Carolina. There are no free rides in life.
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