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What You Need to Know About Non-Compete Agreements

What You Need to Know About Non-Compete Agreements

02 Jun, 2017

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What You Need to Know About Non-Compete Agreements

How common are they, and what can people do to end the abuse of non-compete agreements in low-wage and skilled trades industries? Here's what you need to know.

What You Need to Know About Non-Compete Agreements

Legislative Report: Labor Issues after the "Crossover" Deadline

Legislative Report: Labor Issues after the "Crossover" Deadline

22 May, 2017

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Legislative Report: Labor Issues after the "Crossover" Deadline

April 27th was the deadline for state bills to pass one chamber and "crossover" to the next in order to still be viable this session. Here's what that means for the issues we're following.

Legislative Report: Labor Issues after the "Crossover" Deadline

Crack Down on Wage Thieves in North Carolina

Crack Down on Wage Thieves in North Carolina

22 May, 2017

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Crack Down on Wage Thieves in North Carolina

Sign our petition to tell state Labor Commissioner Cherie Berry, our "Reluctant Regulator" to use her power to crack down on minimum wage violators in North Carolina!

Crack Down on Wage Thieves in North Carolina

Enroll Now for Carolina Labor School Class of 2017

Enroll Now for Carolina Labor School Class of 2017

12 May, 2017

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Enroll Now for Carolina Labor School Class of 2017

Carolina Labor School will return Sunday, July 9 for 6 days of labor education, skill building, and solidarity bonding at UNC Wilmington. Registration is open to members of any NC State AFL-CIO affiliate.

Enroll Now for Carolina Labor School Class of 2017

Support the Nabisco/Mondelez Shareholder Showdown May 17th

Support the Nabisco/Mondelez Shareholder Showdown May 17th

12 May, 2017

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Support the Nabisco/Mondelez Shareholder Showdown May 17th

Last year, Nabisco/Mondelēz' CEO Irene Rosenfeld got paid $8,029 per hour to eliminate 600 good, middle-class jobs in Chicago in order to outsource Nabisco production to Mexico and exploit working families for $1 per hour.

Support the Nabisco/Mondelez Shareholder Showdown May 17th

Top 10 Highest-Paid CEOs in North Carolina

Top 10 Highest-Paid CEOs in North Carolina

12 May, 2017

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Top 10 Highest-Paid CEOs in North Carolina

In 2016, the average total compensation for S&P 500 company CEOs was $13.1 million, according to the latest Executive Paywatch report by the AFL-CIO. In contrast, production and nonsupervisory workers earned only $37,632, on average, in 2016—a CEO-to-worker pay ratio of 347 to 1.

Top 10 Highest-Paid CEOs in North Carolina