SPEAK UP: Let Sen. Hagan know we’ve got her back Last week we held a press conference at the NC Justice Center to respond to anti-worker events held in Raleigh and Greensboro. Opponents of the Employee Free Choice Act are calling Senator Kay Hagan, urging her to break her pledge to vote for passage when [...]
WATCH: Show will air Sat. (2/28) at 7pm on WRAL This morning, NC AFL-CIO President James Andrews sat down with David Crabtree, news anchor and reporter at WRAL (the CBS affiliate in the Triangle market), for a discussion of the Employee Free Choice Act on the program Headline Saturday. The program featured a debate with [...]
WATCH: Legislative Week in Review (2/20) North Carolina PBS station UNC-TV ran an extensive story on the Employee Free Choice Act during the Feb. 20, 2009 edition of Legislative Week in Review. The piece includes coverage of anti-union events held in Raleigh last week, as well as our press conference held in response. Cutting through [...]
READ: Front-page story lays bare pain inflicted by 7-month standoff Readers of the News & Observer saw a front-page article in today’s paper on the strike at Moncure Plywood. Entitled “Strikers Persist in Worst of Times”, the story focuses on how the protracted standoff with management and the tough economy are making life for workers [...]
The NC AFL-CIO is proud to be a part of Together NC, a broad and diverse collection of more than 50 non-profit organizations, service providers, and professional associations who have come together to promote wise choices for shared prosperity for all North Carolinians. This afternoon, Together NC delivered a letter to state lawmakers urging them [...]
Delegates thank Hagan for support On the final day of our just concluded 2009 Legislative Conference, almost 100 attendees took time to write letters to Senator Kay Hagan, thanking her for standing by her campaign promise to vote for the Employee Free Choice Act when it comes before the United States Senate. Delegates also wrote [...]
Response to Anti-Worker Event Workers, local academics and civil rights leaders joined the community at the North Carolina Justice Center for a press conference on the importance of the Employee Free Choice Act and the freedom to bargain for a better life. The gathering was a response to an anti-worker event by Americans for Prosperity [...]
Does not eliminate the “secret ballot” Fact: The Employee Free Choice Act guarantees employees the right to form a union using a secret ballot. Fact: The Employee Free Choice Act guarantees employees the right to form a union when a majority sign-up for one. Fact: Corporations want to make that choice for you – along [...]
AFL-CIO launches toll free number for Senate Passage of the Employee Free Choice Act will likely depend on creating a filibuster proof majority in the U.S. Senate. You can now dial 1-866-207-2060 and tell your senator to vote for the Employee Free Choice Act. Call Rep. Butterfield, Etheridge, Shuler, and Watt Thanks to Congressmen David [...]
Tessie Swope hired for Employee Free Choice Act campaign Thanks to a national AFL-CIO grant, we have hired a temporary communications person to work on the Employee Free Choice Act campaign. Therese (Tessie) Swope worked with the New Mexico AFL-CIO on communications for their Labor 2008 program, and we’re pleased that she will be helping [...]
Situation is critical for many strikers at Moncure Plywood July 20, 2008 – union members of IAMAW Lodge W369 go on strike at Moncure Plywood. Six months later the company has done everything it can to avoid negotiating a fair contract for its workers, including hiring replacements. Walking a picket line this long is finally [...]
First law signed by our new President is workers’ rights bill What a difference ten days make in the struggle for workers’ rights. Last Thursday, our new President signed his first piece of legislation, the Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act. Joining President Obama at the bill signing ceremony was Mrs. Ledbetter, along with First Lady [...]
Expanded program includes cigarette tax hike The Congress voted this week to reauthorize federal funding for the State Children’s Health Insurance Program (SCHIP), which was set to expire in March. The expanded program will cover an additional 4 million children, but funding will come in the form of an increase to one dollar of the [...]
3rd H.K. on J. set for February 14 Join the NC State AFL-CIO and other labor organizations for the rally and march on Saturday, February 14, 2009. Here’s more information from the announcement at the HK on J web site: The H K on J coalition is united in support of a 14-point People’s Agenda [...]
We’ve gathered supporting material for the Employee Free Choice Act on our web site, www.aflcionc.org/issues/federal/. There you can sign the online card, download the petition, the flyer, sample newsletter article, and more.
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