MaryBe 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!”
A coalition of CEOs and corporations lobbying hard to cut their taxes and pay for it by cutting your benefits, “Fix the Debt” began rolling out its $60 million media campaign to bamboozle reporters and the public, today. The corporations pushing the agenda include financial crisis-causing Goldman Sachs and others like them.
NC State AFL-CIO Secretary-Treasurer MaryBe McMillan’s letter to the editor of Indy Week to detail the many reasons why Cherie Berry doesn’t deserve to be re-elected Labor Commissioner.
Acclaimed founder and director of Interfaith Worker Justice (IWJ), Kim Bobo, is coming to Duke University next week to give a talk, followed by a panel discussion with Triangle-area faith and labor leaders. NC State AFL-CIO Secretary-Treasurer MaryBe McMillan will participate in the panel.
MaryBe McMillan represented for North Carolina’s unions and working families on Charlotte Talks, this week.
MaryBe McMillan sat down for an interview with Chris Fitzsimon of the radio program News & Views to discuss the state of working in North Carolina this Labor Day.
Some 600 call center workers, employees of the customer service provider Sitel in Asheville, got a big boost this week in their struggle to organize a union and bargain a contract for a better life.
Today, the Supreme Court of the United States handed down its much-anticipated ruling on the constitutionality of President Obama’s healthcare reform bill, the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (ACA). The law stands, and its implementation can continue in earnest.
A crowd of about 100 people turned up for the first teach-in about Art Pope, organized by Democracy NC and the NC State AFL-CIO, and more than 300 people watched the live stream online on Dec. 13.
Learn about one of North Carolina’s most powerful power broker, his well-funded political network, and his dangerous agenda for North Carolina.
MaryBe McMillan, NC State AFL-CIO, delivered a rousing speech at Occupy Raleigh last Sunday, Oct. 16. “No longer will workers be second class citizens in a country we built. No longer will we be shut out of a political system that calls itself a democracy.”
The NC State AFL-CIO, along with allied groups, hosted a tongue-in-cheek awards ceremony today that showed North Carolinians are taking notice. The 1st Annual Tilly Awards gave Speaker Tillis a special type of recognition for his work.
This past Tuesday, May 24, over 300 people gathered in the 3rd floor auditorium of the General Assembly to denounce the House Republican state budget that attacks the poor, minorities, seniors, working families, and children.
We are pleased to report that a compromise has been reached on HB 709, after much intense and time-consuming negotiation. The bill that was originally introduced would have had a devastating effect on injured workers in many respects if it had passed as introduced.
For just over a month, an estimated 37,000 North Carolinians have been trying to live without their federal unemployment benefits all because Republican legislators refuse to pass a clean bill to extend benefits. The number of people losing benefits grows by just over 2,000 each week. Now over 42,000 people must live without this critical income.
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