Central Labor Councils (CLCs) are the local labor movement of the AFL-CIO. Each CLC covers a geographic area of several counties in North Carolina.
CLCs are the bodies through which affiliated local unions are able to take collective action on issues important to them and directly affect the communities in which their members reside. CLCs provide a number of essential services to the union movement, including candidate screenings and endorsements and support of worker organizing campaigns of local unions affiliated with the federation.
There are eight CLCs in North Carolina (listed clockwise from the west):
- Charlotte-Metrolina Labor Council
- Eastern North Carolina
- Eastern Piedmont
- Greater Sandhills
- Southeastern North Carolina
- Triangle
- Triad
- Western North Carolina
Information on Each CLC
Each Central Labor Council elects its own leadership, maintains its own postal and/or e-mail address and phone numbers, sets times and dates for meetings, and establishes its own dues structure. We have listed as much of this information as possible, as provided by the CLCs. Additionally, we list the counties comprising the geographic area of each CLC.
Charlotte-Metrolina Labor Council | |
|---|---|
| President | Ashley Hawkins (IATSE) |
| ashley@cmlaborcouncil.org | |
| Post Mail | 1900-A Cross Beam Drive, Charlotte, NC 28217 |
| Phone(s) | (704) 773-9558 voice and text |
| Meetings | 7:00 p.m. 3rd Thursday of every month IBEW Local 379, 1900 Crossbeam Dr., Charlotte, NC 28217 |
| Website | https://unionhall.aflcio.org/cmlc |
| Counties | Anson, Cabarrus, Cleveland, Gaston, Iredell, Lincoln, Mecklenburg, Rowan, Stanly, Union |
Eastern NC | |
|---|---|
| President | Montez Davis (IAMAW) |
| tezflash@yahoo.com | |
| Post Mail | c/o IAMAW District 110, PO Box 716, Havelock, NC 28532 |
| Phone(s) | (252) 525-9989 voice |
| Meetings | 5:30 p.m. every second Tuesday IAM District 110 office, 331-A W. Main St., Havelock, NC 28532 |
| Dues | $25 annual for affiliated organizations |
| Counties | Beaufort, Carteret, Craven, Dare, Greene, Hyde, Jones, Lenoir, Martin, Onslow, Pamlico, Pitt, Tyrrell, Washington |
Eastern Piedmont CLC | |
|---|---|
| President | Kuyzendra A. Cobb (USW) |
| kuyzendra@centurylink.net | |
| Post Mail | 125 Wood Glen Rd, Roanoke Rapids, NC 27870 |
| Phone(s) | (252) 533-6370 voice |
| Meetings | 3rd Thursday (except August, December) at 6:45pm via Zoom (email for details) |
| Counties | Bertie, Camden, Chowan, Currituck, Edgecombe, Gates, Halifax, Hertford, Nash, Northampton, Pasquotank, Perquimans, Vance, Warren, Wayne, Wilson |
Greater Sandhills | |
|---|---|
| President | Kurt Rhodes (AFGE) |
| kurtkrusher@gmail.com | |
| Post Mail | PO Box 9577, Fayetteville, NC 28311 |
| Phone(s) | (910) 797-7994 voice |
| Meetings | 6:00 p.m. 1st Tuesday of every month |
| Counties | Bladen, Cumberland, Harnett, Hoke, Lee, Montgomery, Moore, Richmond, Robeson, Sampson, Scotland |
Southeastern NC | |
|---|---|
| President | Lynn Shoemaker (IATSE) |
| Lynn@iatse491.com | |
| Web Site | http://nc.aflcio.org/seclc/ |
| Post Mail | SENC CLC, c/o IATSE 491, 1924 S 16th St, Wilmington, NC 28401 |
| Phone(s) | (910) 547-3662 (voice) |
| Meetings | 6 p.m. every 4th Tuesday of the month IATSE 491, 1924 S 16th St, Wilmington, NC 28401 |
| Counties | Brunswick, Columbus, Duplin, New Hanover, Pender |
Triangle Labor Council | |
|---|---|
| President | Terrence Dewberry (ATU) |
| Web Site | http://nc.aflcio.org/trianglencclc/ |
| todewberry@aol.com | |
| Post Mail | 1408 Hillsborough St, Raleigh, NC 27605 |
| Phone(s) | (919) 633-7265 voice (919) 828-2102 fax |
| Meetings | 6:00 p.m. 4th Monday of every month (except December) NC State AFL-CIO headquarters |
| Counties | Chatham, Durham, Franklin, Granville, Johnston, Orange, Person, Wake |
Triad | |
|---|---|
| President | Jennifer O’Kelly (IATSE) |
| president@nctriadclc.org | |
| Website | nc.aflcio.org/triadclc |
| Post Mail | P.O. Box 729, Colfax, NC 27305 |
| Phone(s) | (336) 969-4792 voice |
| Meetings | 6:30 p.m. 4th Tuesday every month (except December) Teamsters Local 391 – 3910 Teamsters Place, Colfax 27235 (Sandy Ridge Rd exit I-40, just outside Greensboro) |
| Counties | Alamance, Caswell, Davidson, Davie, Forsyth, Guilford, Randolph, Rockingham, Stokes, Surry, Yadkin |
Western NC | |
|---|---|
| President | Ron Ingerick (SMART) |
| ron.ingerick@ncsmart-union.org | |
| Website | http://nc.aflcio.org/wncclc/ |
| Post Mail | P.O. Box 3101, Asheville, NC 28802 |
| Phone(s) | (828) 242-9576 voice |
| Meetings | 6 p.m. 2nd Monday Teamsters 61 union hall, 45 Sardis Rd, Asheville, NC 28806 |
| Counties | Alexander, Alleghany, Ashe, Avery, Buncombe, Burke, Caldwell, Catawba, Cherokee, Clay, Graham, Haywood, Henderson, Jackson, Macon, Madison, McDowel, Mitchell, Polk, Rutherford, Swain, Transylvania, Watauga, Wilkes, Yancey |
