
There is more than one way to join the labor movement!
People who want to work in union and have a collectively negotiated contract that secures their right to a good job with fair wages, quality health care, safety on the job, and a collective voice in the workplace can either exercise their freedom to join together and get organized or go to work at an already unionized employer.
Below is a list of some unionized employers and union trade apprenticeship and training programs in North Carolina, the county or counties where these opportunities exist, and information on how to apply.
Call us at 919-833-6678 or email unionjobs@aflcionc.org for information on how to contact individual unions if you would like to learn more about the opportunities below before applying.
Click here if you would like to talk to a union organizer about unionizing your current workplace in North Carolina.
Visit https://unionjobs.com/ for a list of staffing opportunities at unions of working people in North Carolina and elsewhere.
UNION | DESCRIPTION | EMPLOYER | OPPORTUNITY | COUNTY | APPLY |
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AFGE 1738 | federal employees | Veterans Administration | jobs / federal government | Cabarrus, Durham | Link |
AFGE 3347 | federal employees | Environmental Protection Agency | jobs / federal government | Durham | Link |
AFGE 3509 | federal employees | Social Security Administration | jobs / federal government | Macon | Link |
AFSCME 77 | state, county, municipal employees | Duke University / Duke Hospital | jobs / food service and housekeeping | Durham | Link |
ATU 128 | transit workers | Asheville Rides Transit (ART) | jobs / bus operators, maintenance, service | Buncombe | Link |
ATU 1328 | transit workers | Go Raleigh | jobs / bus operators, maintenance, utility work | Wake | Link |
BAC 8 | bricklayers | varies | apprenticeship / masonry | Statewide | Link |
BCTGM 103 | bakers | Bimbo Bakeries | jobs / food processing | Gaston | Link |
BCTGM 176T | tobacco workers | Liggett Tobacco | jobs / tobacco production | Alamance | Link |
BCTGM 192T | tobacco workers | Common Wealth Brands | jobs / tobacco production | Rockingham | Link |
BCTGM 270T | tobacco workers | Alliance One International | jobs / tobacco production | Wilson, Pitt | Link |
BCTGM 317T | tobacco workers | ITG Brands | jobs / tobacco production | Guilford | Link |
CWA | airline workers | American Airlines | jobs / airline reservations | Forsyth | Link |
IAMAW 350 | machinists | Spirit Aerosystems | jobs / aircraft assembly | Lenoir | Link |
IATSE 278 | stage employees | varies | training / stage production | Buncombe | Link |
IATSE 322 | stage employees | varies | training / stage production | Mecklenburg | Link |
IATSE 417 | stage employees | varies | training / stage production | Durham, Wake, Cumberland | Link |
IATSE 491 | studio mechanics | varies | training / film and television production | New Hanover | Link |
IATSE 574 | stage employees | varies | training / stage production | Guilford | Link |
IATSE 635 | stage employees | varies | training / stage production | Forsyth | Link |
IBEW 1902 | electrical workers | Duke Energy | jobs / electrical | Link | |
IBEW 0238 | electrical workers | varies | apprenticeship / electrical | Buncombe | Link |
IBEW 0342 | electrical workers | varies | apprenticeship / electrical | Alamance, Alexander, Alleghany, Ashe, Caswell, Chatham, Davidson, Davie, Forsyth, Guilford, Moore, Randolph, Rockingham, Stokes, Surry, Wilkes, Yadkin | Link |
IBEW 0379 | electrical workers | varies | apprenticeship / electrical | Mecklenburg | Link |
IBEW 0495 | electrical workers | varies | apprenticeship / electrical | New Hanover | Link |
IBEW 0553 | electrical workers | varies | apprenticeship / electrical | Durham, Wake | Link |
IBEW 0080 | electrical workers | varies | apprenticeship / electrical | Apply | |
IBT 61 | teamsters | UPS | jobs / shipping and logistics | Link | |
IBT 61 | teamsters | UPS Freight | jobs / freight shipping | Link | |
IBT 61 | teamsters | ABF Freight | jobs / freight shipping | Link | |
IBT 61 | teamsters | ALSCO Linen | jobs / shipping and logistics | More info | |
IBT 61 | teamsters | Wilkes Telephone Membership Cooperative | jobs / | Wilkes | More info |
IBT 61 | teamsters | PET Dairy (Dean Foods) | jobs / dairy processing | More info | |
IBT 61 | teamsters | French Broad Food Co-Op | jobs / food retail | Buncombe | More info |
IBT 391 | teamsters | UPS | jobs / shipping and logistics | Link | |
ILA 1426 | longshoremen | varies | hiring hall / maritime | New Hanover | Call 1-910-762-8231 |
Ironworkers 848 | ironworkers | varies | apprenticeship / iron work | Mecklenburg | Link |
SMART | rail workers | Amtrak | jobs / transportation | Link | |
SMART | rail workers | Norfolk Southern | jobs / transportation | Link | |
SMART | bus drivers | Charlotte Area Transit System | jobs / transportation | Mecklenburg | Link |
UA 421 | plumbers & pipefitters | varies | apprenticeship & training / plumbing | Cabarrus, Wake | Link |
UAW | auto workers | DHL Logistics | jobs / shipping and logistics | Mecklenburg | Link |
UAW | auto workers | Jones LaSalle | jobs / | Mecklenburg | Link |
UAW 3520 | auto workers | Daimler Trucks North America (DTNA) | jobs / auto manufacturing | Rowan | Link |
UAW 3520 | auto workers | Ford Motor Company | jobs / auto manufacturing | Alamance | Link |
UAW 5285 | auto workers | Daimler Trucks North America (DTNA) | jobs / auto manufacturing | Gaston | Link |
UAW 5286 | auto workers | Daimler Trucks North America (DTNA) | jobs / auto manufacturing | Gaston | Link |
UAW 5287 | auto workers | DTNA/Thomas Built Bus | jobs / auto manufacturing | Guilford | Link |
UAW 2320 | auto workers | NC Justice Center | jobs / policy advocacy & research and legal services | Wake | Link |
UAW 2404 | auto workers | General Motors | jobs / auto manufacturing | Mecklenburg | Link |
UBC 312 | carpenters | varies | apprenticeship & training / carpentry | Alamance, Alexander, Alleghany, Anson, Beaufort, Bladen, Brunswick, Buncombe, Burke, Cabarrus, Caldwell, Carteret, Caswell, Catawba, Chatham, Chowan, Clay, Cleveland, Columbus, Craven, Cumberland, Dare, Davidson, Davie, Duplin, Durham, Edgecombe, Forsyth, Franklin, Gaston, Granville, Greene, Guilford, Halifax, Harnett, Henderson, Hoke, Hyde, Iredell, Jackson, Johnston, Jones, Lee, Lenoir, Lincoln, McDowell, Macon, Martin, Mecklenburg, Montgomery, Moore, Nash, New Hanover, Onslow, Orange, Pamlico, Pender, Person, Pitt, Polk, Randolph, Richmond, Robeson, Rockingham, Rowan, Rutherford, Sampson, Scotland, Stanly, Stokes, Surry, Transylvania, Tyrrell, Union, Vance, Wake, Warren, Washington, Wayne, Wilkes, Wilson, Yadkin | Link |
UBC 50 | carpenters | varies | apprenticeship & training / carpentry | Ashe, Avery, Haywood, Madison, Mitchell, Swain, Watauga, Yancey | Link |
UFCW 1208 | food workers | Smithfield Foods | jobs / meat processing | Bladen | Link |
UNITE HERE 23 | hospitality workers | HMSHost | jobs / airport food service | Mecklenburg | Link |
UNITE HERE 23 | hospitality workers | LSG Sky Chefs | jobs / airplane food service | Mecklenburg | Link |
USW 9-0425 | paper workers | WestRock | jobs / paper production | Halifax | Link |
USW 1025 | steelworkers | Corning | jobs / manufacturing | New Hanover | Link |
USW 1089 | steelworkers | Graphic Packaging | jobs / packaging and manufacturing | Mecklenburg | Link |
USW 1159 | steelworkers | Goodyear | jobs / manufacturing | Iredell | Link |
USW 1167 | steelworkers | International Paper | jobs / paper production | Craven | Link |
USW 1268 | steelworkers | Hood Packaging | jobs / packaging and manufacturing | Hamlet | Link |
USW 1283 | steelworkers | West Fraser Inc | jobs / manufacturing | Seaboard | Link |
USW 1325 | steelworkers | Weyerhaeuser | jobs / manufacturing | Craven | Link |
USW 1356 | steelworkers | Domtar Paper | jobs / paper production | Beaufort | Link |
USW 1356 | steelworkers | Weyerhaeuser | jobs / manufacturing | Beaufort | Link |
USW 1423 | steelworkers | Domtar Paper | jobs / paper production | Beaufort | Link |
USW 1730 | steelworkers | Packaging Corporation of America | jobs / packaging and manufacturing | Rowan | Link |
USW 1811 | steelworkers | Duff Norton | jobs / manufacturing | Mecklenburg | Link |
USW 1821 | steelworkers | International Paper | jobs / paper production | Mecklenburg | Link |
USW 1870 | steelworkers | WestRock | jobs / packaging and manufacturing | Forsyth | Link |
USW 0303 | steelworkers | Cube Hydro Partners | jobs / dam maint | Stanly | Link |
USW 9-0425 | steelworkers | Kapstone Kraft Paper | jobs / paper production | Halifax | Link |
USW 9-0428 | steelworkers | West Fraser Inc | jobs / manufacturing | Columbus | Link |
USW 9-0429 | steelworkers | International Paper | jobs / paper production | Iredell | Link |
USW 0045 | steelworkers | Owens-Brockway Glass Container | jobs / manufacturing | Lexington | Link |
USW 0047 | steelworkers | Ardagh Glass Inc | jobs / manufacturing | Wilson | Link |
USW 9-0507 | steelworkers | International Paper | jobs / paper production | Vance | Link |
USW 0055 | steelworkers | Ardagh Glass Inc | jobs / manufacturing | Vance | Link |
USW 9-0738 | steelworkers | International Paper | jobs / paper production | Polk | Link |
USW 8205 | steelworkers | Leesona | jobs / manufacturing | Alamance | |
USW 8498 | steelworkers | Ardagh Group / Rexam Beverage Can | jobs / manufacturing | Forsyth | Link |
USW 9-0853 | steelworkers | Highland Containers | jobs / packaging and manufacturing | Guilford | Link |
USW 8573 | steelworkers | Granges | jobs / manufacturing | Rowan | Link |
USW 8573 | steelworkers | WS Tyler | jobs / manufacturing | Rowan | Link |
USW 9465 | steelworkers | NSG Group | jobs / manufacturing | Scotland | Link |
USW 9536 | steelworkers | Smithfield Packing | jobs / meat packing | Johnston | Link |
USW 0959 | steelworkers | Goodyear | jobs / manufacturing | Cumberland | Link |
USW 0959 | steelworkers | Diversified | jobs / | Cumberland | |
Workers United | textile workers | ALSCO | jobs / laundry service | Durham | Link |
Workers United | textile workers | ALSCO | jobs / laundry service | Wake | Link |
Workers United | textile workers | Angelica’s | jobs / laundry service | Durham | Link |
Workers United | faculty workers | Duke University | jobs / laundry service | Durham | Link |
NOTICE TO AFFILIATES:
If you do not see your local union on the list, let us know by calling 919-833-6678 or emailing jeremy@aflcionc.org! We need your help answering the following questions:
- Is your union not on the list? Let us know!
- Is the name of your employer accurate?
- How can we be more specific about the job opportunities within your bargaining unit(s)? Not every employment opportunity may be covered by your contract(s).
- Is the link or other information about how to apply accurate?