North Carolina’s Union Movement

We’re gearing up for the next Justice & Smithfield demonstrations to be held simultaneously at Harris Teeter locations in North Carolina and neighboring states on Saturday, March 31, 2007. Download the turnout flyer for a complete list of locations and find a demonstration near you.

Harris Teeter continues to source its own branded bacon from the problematic Smithfield Packing plant in Tar Heel, NC, even as workers at the Tar Heel plant face regular abuse and harassment. You can help by printing out and signing the petition to demand that Harris Teeter stop selling bacon packaged with abuse.

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For many years, farmworkers have been dying in North Carolina’s fields. Farmworkers have died from heat-related deaths and in transportation-related accidents on their way to work. Children with severe birth defects have been born to AgMart workers who were illegally exposed to pesticides in fields of North Carolina and Florida. In addition, workers are often denied water and breaks in the fields, suffer pesticide poisonings, yet have no sick days or easy access to health care. Workers are often fearful of speaking out when such abuses occur and there has been little outcry from the public when such tragedies do occur.

Join us for prayer vigil and press conference at Nash Square Park, Raleigh to commemorate the dead and call for reform of the agricultural system.

Where: Nash Square Park, 200 South McDowell Street, Raleigh, NC 27601 (across from the Justice Center)

When: Wednesday, March 7, 11:00 AM to 12 noon

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Welcome to AFLCIONC.org, the online home of North Carolina’s Union Movement. This web site is one of the many tools we will use to publicize the benefits of unions, to help improve the lives of working families in North Carolina, and to connect with other organizations working on important social and economic issues in our state.

We hope all visitors to this site will find useful information about our organization and helpful links to other sites.

James Andrews
President, NC State AFL-CIO