Posted by Jeremy on April 27, 2012
Get on the bus for Bank of America protest (5/9)
Do you plan to protest the Bank of America 2012 shareholders meeting on May 9? We have news about buses to Charlotte.
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Posted by Jeremy on April 27, 2012
March on Reynolds American shareholders meeting (5/3)
Read MoreJoin us in Winston-Salem on May 3 as we rally and march for justice for tobacco farm workers! Tell Reynolds it’s time to take responsibility for it’s actions and it’s supply chain.
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Posted by Jeremy on April 20, 2012
Join IBM informational picket April 24
Read MoreAlliance at IBM is asking for support for IBM workers in Research Triangle Park where thousands of N.C. jobs are threatened by off-shoring.
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Posted by Jeremy on April 20, 2012
A very special solidarity request from UAW 3520
Read MoreWe received a different sort of solidarity request this week from our brothers and sisters at UAW Local 3520 in Cleveland, NC. They asked us if we would let folks know about the son of one of their members who has earned the chance of a lifetime. We are hoping you will help meet their challenge.
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Posted by Jeremy on April 20, 2012
Workers Memorial Day to be observed in Raleigh (4/27)
Read MoreJobs with Justice and National Council for Occupational Safety and Health are organizing a Workers Memorial Day observance in Raleigh set for noon on Friday, April 27 outside the N.C. Department of Labor.
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Posted by Jeremy on April 13, 2012
Rally to “Rein Them In” outside state legislature (4/23)
Read MoreJoin students, workers, and others on Monday, April 23 at 11 A.M. in front of the North Carolina General Assembly building on Jones Street in Raleigh for our second statewide Rein Them In rally.
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Posted by Jeremy on April 5, 2012
Boeing machinists on strike at Seymour Johnson
Read MoreBoeing machinists at Seymour Johnson Air Force Base are on strike.
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Posted by Jeremy on April 5, 2012
What’s grosser than “Pink Slime”?
Read MoreWe received an urgent request for solidarity support this week from AFGE, which represents workers at the United States Department of Agriculture. USDA is up to no-good in a big way.
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Posted by Jeremy on April 5, 2012
Rally to Save the Postal Service…Again (4/12)
Read MoreIn dealing with Congress, sometimes (often?) you just have to shake your head. Such is the case with the United States Senate, where North Carolina Senators Richard Burr and Kay Hagan are now considering a bill that would dismantle the United States Postal Service!
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Posted by Jeremy on March 30, 2012
Coalition seeks to preserve workers’ rights in UNC system
Read MoreIf passed when the legislature returns in May, SB 575 would take away the protections of the State Personnel Act for the 22,000 workers in the University of North Carolina system.
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Posted by Jeremy on March 16, 2012
Join the March 25 March to the Statehouse
Read MoreThe time has come for the 99 percent movement in every state to march to our statehouses and demand an end to institutionalized corporate control of our government. March 25, 2012 is the date, and in North Carolina, Raleigh is the place.
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Posted by Jeremy on March 16, 2012
Labor Secretary Solis marches with Labor in Alabama
Read MoreAll of us should be proud to have a leader like Hilda Solis serving the workers of the United States as our Secretary of Labor. Secretary Solis is a reminder than we won more than a presidential election in 2008 – we won a fighter for working people in the federal department charged with protecting our rights.
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Posted by Jeremy on March 16, 2012
This Is My Vote rally and town hall March 24
Read MoreIn light of efforts to rollback voter rights in North Carolina by our out-of-control state legislature – efforts so far thwarted by Gov. Perdue’s veto – NAACP is putting on a very special event Saturday, March 24 for training attendees and the general public.
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Posted by Jeremy on March 2, 2012
With labor law reform stalled, recognizing “A Civil Right to Unionize”
Read MoreThe time has come to recognize American’s right to form a union “as fundamental as freedom from discrimination in employment and education.”
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Posted by Jeremy on March 1, 2012
Hundreds in rural N.C. win jobs, opportunity thanks to IBEW
Read MoreWhen the world’s largest social network picked Rutherford County, NC as the site of its newest data centers, Facebook turned to IBEW to get the job done right. Now workers are earning a living wage in a county with high unemployment, and IBEW is winning new members grateful for the union difference.
