North Carolina’s Union Movement

• Legislation would protect workers’ right to unionize
• Group calls out CEOs ‘paid for failure’
• Obama to Address Unionists in Trenton
• Unions object to NWA Chapter 11 plan
• Corporation’s cold-hearted firings add fuel to unions’ fire

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We are very excited to announce that registration for the 2007 Carolina Labor School is now open! Labor School will be held at the University of North Carolina at Wilmington on June 24-29, 2007. Admission to Labor School is open only to members of affiliated local unions and state councils.

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The NC House of Representatives has taken the first step towards enacting a 5 percent refundable state Earned Income Tax Credit (EITC) by including it in their Budget Bill. The House Finance committee defeated an amendment offered by Rep. Daughtridge to would make the EITC non-refundable on a party-line vote. Such an amendment is likely to return when the Budget Bill makes it to the House floor.

The time has come to take action to show lawmakers in Raleigh that there is broad public support for a refundable state EITC. Send your message today!

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What: Urgent Action Needed on Collective Bargaining Bill to repeal GS95-98

How: Send a letter to the House Appropriations Committee

A bill to repeal GS95-98 has made it further than any prior attempts to allow public employees the opportunity to bargain collectively with state, local and municipal governments.

Take action to tell lawmakers in Raleigh that state and local governments should not be barred by law from entering into contracts with their employees, if they so choose. Send your message today!