Posted by Jeremy on April 29, 2013
Celebrate May Day 2013 in Raleigh
Triangle Jobs with Justice would like to invite everyone to take part in a May Day 2013 celebration and mobilization in Raleigh, NC.
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Posted by Jeremy on April 19, 2013
Canadians show U.S. how to fight Right to Work (video)
Read MoreAward-winning Canadian director Bruce McDonald is sending a message to Ontario politicians behaving badly with a clever YouTube video that should resonate with every union member in North Carolina. There are no free rides in life.
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Posted by Jeremy on April 17, 2013
Workers’ Memorial Day observance in Raleigh (4/26)
Read MoreWorkers’ Memorial Day is an international day of remembrance for workers who have lost their lives on the job. Please join us outside the NC Department of Labor to call for safe jobs for North Carolina workers.
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Posted by Jeremy on April 12, 2013
Powerful speech by MaryBe McMillan at HK on J Lobby Day
Read MoreMaryBe McMillan delivered a rousing speech who gathered at a local Raleigh church before walking over to the legislature on Jones Street, together. In her remarks, MaryBe reminded Lobby Day participants that, “The power is not in this building on Jones Street, brothers and sisters. The power is in our hands!”
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Posted by Jeremy on April 5, 2013
Legacy of Local 22 to be honored on April 20 in Winston-Salem
Read MoreOn April 20, 2013 – seventy years later – a coalition of labor, faith, and community members will unveil a commemorative state marker to celebrate tobacco Local 22 and the anniversary of their historic sit-down strike that sparked a wave of interracial union organizing in the Jim Crow South.
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Posted by Jeremy on March 22, 2013
Rally to save six-day delivery on March 24th
Read MoreLetter carriers, other postal employees, and their families will rally in Charlotte and in Raleigh this Sunday against an unlawful edict by the Post Master General that would end Saturday mail delivery and add thousands more Americans to unemployment rolls at a time when our fragile economic recovery is not secured.
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Posted by Jeremy on March 22, 2013
National Farmworker Awareness Week 2013
Read MoreNational Farmworker Awareness Week (NFAW) will be celebrated in the United States beginning on Sunday, March 24th and running through Cesar Chavez’ birthday on Saturday, March 31st. There are plenty of ways you can join the celebration.
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Posted by Jeremy on March 8, 2013
Greensboro firefighters win dues checkoff
Read MoreWe got this great piece of labor news from Greensboro this week. On Tuesday, the city council voted 6-3 to allow firefighters to have voluntary union dues deducted from their paychecks!
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Posted by Jeremy on March 1, 2013
Save the date to Save Our Postal Service (3/24)
Read MoreThe National Association of Letter Carriers is taking action to rally support to save America’s Postal Service and Saturday delivery with rallies in Raleigh and Charlotte on Sunday, March 24. There are over 35,000 good-paying, union jobs at stake.
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Posted by Jeremy on February 22, 2013
Support tobacco farmworkers March 1 in Cary
Read MoreFLOC, the union of farmworkers in North Carolina, will rally in Cary, NC on March 1 and deliver a letter to the CEO of the Pantry, Inc. to urge that company to pressure Reynolds American to ensure the labor rights of farmworkers are respected.
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Posted by Jeremy on February 15, 2013
Examining the growing influence of ALEC in NC
Read MoreOn Tuesday, February 19 at 7 PM, we will join with Common Cause, North Carolina Association of Educators (NCAE), the Sierra Club, Progress NC Action, and the Raleigh-Wake MoveOn Council to air the Bill Moyers documentary, United States of ALEC, followed by a panel discussion led by the national president of Common Cause, Bob Edgar.
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Posted by Jeremy on February 8, 2013
NC Students Power Union convenes organizing conference (2/16)
Read MoreThe North Carolina Student Power Union (NCSPU) will hold a statewide organizing conference in Raleigh on February 16th. Conference organizers say their goal is “to bring together leaders of social justice organizations, university faculty, and, most importantly, students for a day of education, inspiration, and action.”
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Posted by Jeremy on February 1, 2013
Get pumped for H.K. on J. February 9th
Read MoreJoin us on Saturday, February 9, 2013 in Raleigh to march behind the AFL-CIO banner and rally with thousands of other North Carolinians who want to move our state forward together and take not one step back.
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Posted by Jeremy on January 18, 2013
Triangle Jobs with Justice membership assembly (1/30)
Read MoreTriangle Jobs with Justice (JwJ) will hold it’s first membership assembly of 2013 on January 30th in Raleigh. JwJ is a coalition that brings together labor unions, faith and community groups, and student activists to fight for working people.
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Posted by Jeremy on January 11, 2013
7th Annual Historic Thousands on Jones Street (HKonJ) Feb. 9
Read MoreJoin us and all of our partners for the 7th annual Historic Thousands on Jones Street People’s Assembly and Coalition Mass Mobilization on Saturday, February 9.
