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Know Your Voting Rights

Important elections are coming this fall. In addition to electing the next president of the United States, we will be voting for members of Congress, and state and local leaders.

Know Your Voting Rights

Recap: Labor Day 2016 in North Carolina

Working people in North Carolina celebrated the holiday that bears our name with Labor Day parades and festivals, media outreach, and community service.

Recap: Labor Day 2016 in North Carolina

Celebrate Labor Day and Kick Off Labor 2016

This Labor Day, we are asking working families across the country to take action and commit to improving the lives of all working people by voting, for a better life. On November 8, 2016, working people will flock to the polls to support policies and candidates that are dedicated to creating fundamental, lasting change for everyone, not just the wealthy few.

Celebrate Labor Day and Kick Off Labor 2016

NC Labor 2016 Voter Guide

How you vote is a personal decision, but your decision will affect your job and your family. Know that these are the only candidates with opposition on Election Day who sought and received the endorsement of people working in unions.

NC Labor 2016 Voter Guide

What It Means To Be an American

One night at his UPS job, Tefere Gebre's co-worker handed him some union material. 

“He told me that I’d get health care and vacation and other benefits by filling it out. I said, ‘Are you serious?’ I thought, ‘Hmm. Everyone should have that.’”

What It Means To Be an American

Today’s Photo ID Laws Are Yesterday’s Beans in a Jar

Growing up in rural Kentucky, Augusta Thomas witnessed the extreme measures elected officials would take to prevent African-American men from voting.

Today’s Photo ID Laws Are Yesterday’s Beans in a Jar