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MaryBe McMillan talks raising wages ahead of Labor Day

04 Sep, 2015

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04 Sep, 2015

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MaryBe McMillan talks raising wages ahead of Labor Day

North Carolina State AFL-CIO secretary-treasurer MaryBe McMillan sat down for an interview for the radio program News & Views with Chris Fitzsimon to talk about the future of work in North Carolina and efforts to raise the wages of working people in our state.

MaryBe McMillan talks raising wages ahead of Labor Day

Listen to MaryBe's poem for women in the Fight for $15

Listen to MaryBe's poem for women in the Fight for $15

04 Sep, 2015

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Listen to MaryBe's poem for women in the Fight for $15

North Carolina State AFL-CIO secretary-treasurer MaryBe McMillan traveled to Kansas City last week to address the Fannie Lou Hamer Women’s Committee of Stand Up KC, where she performed a spoken-word piece - a poem written in honor of Women's Equality Week.

Listen to MaryBe's poem for women in the Fight for $15

Petition: Support the creation of quality jobs in NC

Petition: Support the creation of quality jobs in NC

04 Sep, 2015

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Petition: Support the creation of quality jobs in NC

When full-time work doesn't guarantee your economic security, that's a problem. Sign the NC Justice Center petition calling for NC politicians to push policies that will lead to quality job creation.

Petition: Support the creation of quality jobs in NC

AFL-CIO Now: The Browning-Ferris NLRB Decision Explained

AFL-CIO Now: The Browning-Ferris NLRB Decision Explained

04 Sep, 2015

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AFL-CIO Now: The Browning-Ferris NLRB Decision Explained

To paraphrase Vice President Joe Biden, the decision the National Labor Relations Board handed down last week in a dispute between a California company and its workers is a big deal for working people in North Carolina.

AFL-CIO Now: The Browning-Ferris NLRB Decision Explained

NC workers to demand creation of 'Wage Board' (9/10)

NC workers to demand creation of 'Wage Board' (9/10)

04 Sep, 2015

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NC workers to demand creation of 'Wage Board' (9/10)

Now is the time. Because fast food, home care, child care workers, and others have stood together and raised their voices, the Fight for $15 and union rights is winning across the US and across the South. Next Thursday, we're coming together to say: North Carolina is next!

NC workers to demand creation of 'Wage Board' (9/10)

Column in High Point Enterprise: ‘Labor Sabbath’ aims to build collective voice

Column in High Point Enterprise: ‘Labor Sabbath’ aims to build collective voice

04 Sep, 2015

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Column in High Point Enterprise: ‘Labor Sabbath’ aims to build collective voice

"We can no longer devalue the importance of a collective voice for workers. We can no longer hope that corporations and policy makers will do the right thing because we ask them to. We have to return to what works for working people — labor unions."

Column in High Point Enterprise: ‘Labor Sabbath’ aims to build collective voice