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Census Sticky

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10 Question, 10 Minutes: 2010 Census
Fill it out, mail it back, and working families in N.C. will be better for it for the next 10 years! Click below to learn more:

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Call to Action

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Act now for farm workers.
FLOC has tried over two years now to get Reynolds American to improve the conditions of tobacco harvesters in the fields of the South.
Betsy Atkins is a board member at Reynolds, but despite her encouragement, Reynolds CEO, Susan Ivey, still refuses any dialogue with FLOC about the terrible conditions under which [...]

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Jon Bray, AFSCME: Why Should Health Care Matter to Us?

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Failure to reform health care could doom other reform issues
During last week’s convention, AFSCME’s Jon Bray gave a speech addressing the fundamental question for union workers: Why should health care matter to us? We already have health care.
Well folks, health care should matter to us. As Jon stated, “Over 1.5 million workers in North Carolina [...]

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NC Voices for Choice: Fayetteville

Unions are absolutely pro-American
Even with health care at the forefront of debate, as union members we can’t afford to forget about the Employee Free Choice Act. Working men and women are still fired and intimidated every day for exercising their right to form a union, and it is essential that labor reform go hand in [...]

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NC Voices for Choice: Jason Rosin, IATSE

Jason Rosin, IATSE Business Agent and President of the Southeastern North Carolina CLC, spoke on the Employee Free Choice Act and its importance to North Carolinians.

“The Employee Free Choice Act answers the fundamental questions, ‘Whose choice is it to form a union and how you form a union?’ The answer is, ‘It should be [...]

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Press Clips October 27, 2008

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Virginia ground war
Veterans show waning support for McCain
Women in trades want their issues addressed
Mailed ads have become mostly negative, experts say
Mailings take a direct approach
Be prepared, labor group tells voters
Voters blasted by variety of radio ads
Hillary to 2,000 in West Palm Beach: ‘close the deal’ for Obama
In W. Va., lingering doubts about Obama
Obama wages ‘uphill [...]

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