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Call to "Organize the South" gets national audience at Netroots Nation
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Call to "Organize the South" gets national audience at Netroots Nation

MaryBe McMillan took the AFL-CIO's call for unions to "organize the South" before a national audience of thousands of progressive thinkers, bloggers, online organizers, and activists gathered in Detroit July 17-20 for Netroots Nation 2014.

Call to "Organize the South" gets national audience at Netroots Nation

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Members of Congress, British Parliament in N.C. tobacco fields
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Members of Congress, British Parliament in N.C. tobacco fields

On July 26th U.S Congresswoman Marcy Kaptur (D-OH) and British Members of Parliament Ian Lavery and James Sheridan will participate in a fact-finding delegation to North Carolina tobacco fields to examine human rights conditions in the supply chain of British and American tobacco manufacturers.

Members of Congress, British Parliament in N.C. tobacco fields

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Calling all workers to Solidarity City August 9 in Goldsboro
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Calling all workers to Solidarity City August 9 in Goldsboro

On Saturday, August 9 workers from across NC and other Southern states will gather in Goldsboro, NC for Solidarity City - a day long gathering of workers to discuss strategy, develop their organizing skills, and lay out how to continue to build a united effort to organize the South.

Calling all workers to Solidarity City August 9 in Goldsboro