Jess Issacharoff, a Ph.D. candidate at Duke University and member of the Duke Graduate Students Union, SEIU, says labor unions ought to look the the South for inspiration in the fight to secure fair wages and our freedom to organize.
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February 19, 2018
Labor Update: Week of February 19, 2018
Read MoreOur weekly email blast with updates from our blog, news that works for working people, and upcoming actions and events.
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February 16, 2018
Charlotte Bus Driver and Union Member Profiled for Good Works
Read MoreSMART Union member and CATS bus driver Debra Franklin is getting recognition for giving back to the Queen City community.
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February 16, 2018
Report: Mondelēz-Nabisco Exploits Workers, Damages Communities
Read MoreInterfaith Worker Justice recently published a report following a four-month international investigation into Mondelēz outsourcing of good, family-sustaining jobs to Mexico where workers only make about a dollar an hour.
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February 16, 2018
Op-Ed: Working people are under attack in our country
Read MoreWith the U.S. Supreme Court set to hear oral arguments in the case of Janus v. AFSCME later this month, North Carolina State House Representative Pricey Harrison wrote an excellent defense of our freedom to join in strong unions for an op-ed published recently by the Greensboro News & Record.
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February 16, 2018
It’s About Freedom: Working People’s Day of Action Feb. 24th
Read MoreOn February 24, join thousands of working people and our allies standing up for our freedoms and demanding an end to a system that’s rigged against us. Here’s why that matters and how you can help!
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February 14, 2018
Twitter Power Challenge: Fill 50 Seats or Bust!
Read MoreA new Twitter training series will equip organizers, staff, and activists with tools and know how to shape news coverage, recruit influential allies to our causes, and hold elected officials accountable — but only if affiliates and community allies enroll 50 people by March 7th.
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February 12, 2018
Striking Workers Rally Over Abuses by NCDOT Contractor Border Rebar
Read MoreClergy, members of community & civic organizations, labor advocates, public servants, and private citizens held a sidewalk rally with striking Border Rebar workers outside the North Carolina Department of Transportation (NCDOT) this afternoon to draw attention to dangerous and abusive working conditions at one of its contractors, Border Rebar, and to call on the Department to meet and discuss implementing responsible contractor policies.
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Read MoreStriking workers who have been injured and abused on the job will hold a sidewalk rally outside North Carolina Department of Transportation headquarters on Monday, Feb. 12th, to draw attention to dangerous and abusive working conditions at one of its contractors, Border Rebar, and to call on the Department to meet and discuss implementing responsible contractor policies.
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January 29, 2018
Labor Update: Week of January 29, 2018
Read MoreOur weekly email blast with updates from our blog, news that works for working people, and upcoming actions and events.
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January 26, 2018
#TimesUp: A Poem for Women’s March 2018
Read MoreMaryBe McMillan, the first woman elected President of the North Carolina State AFL-CIO, was one of the speakers at the “Women’s Rally on Raleigh,” January 20, 2018 in Raleigh, North Carolina, where she delivered the following poem.
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January 26, 2018
Moral March 2018: Taking the Resistance to the Ballot Box!
Read MoreJoin us for the 12th annual Moral March on Raleigh and Historic Thousands on Jones Street (HKonJ) People’s Assembly on February 10, 2018. This annual mobilization of the HKonJ Coalition brings together justice loving people from across the state and nation to stand against the legislative attacks on the people of North Carolina and to continue to fight for our moral agenda.
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January 26, 2018
Commemorating the 1968 “I AM” Memphis Sanitation Workers Strike
Read MoreFifty years later, North Carolinians are coming together to remember the strikers with a National Moment of Silence on February 1st and a special event featuring William “Bill” Lucy at the International Civil Rights Center & Museum, February 4th in Greensboro.
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January 26, 2018
AFGE Members to Picket Sen. Tillis Over Shutdown Pay Vote
Read MoreLast week, Senator Tillis voted against a bill to guarantee back pay to government workers who worked through the shutdown. This Tuesday, January 30, we’re rallying at his office to show him our disappointment.
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January 22, 2018
Labor Update: Week of January 22, 2018
Read MoreOur weekly email blast with updates from our blog, news that works for working people, and upcoming actions and events.
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