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Powerful speech by MaryBe McMillan at HK on J Lobby Day

Powerful speech by MaryBe McMillan at HK on J Lobby Day

12 Apr, 2013

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Powerful speech by MaryBe McMillan at HK on J Lobby Day

MaryBe McMillan delivered a rousing speech who gathered at a local Raleigh church before walking over to the legislature on Jones Street, together. In her remarks, MaryBe reminded Lobby Day participants that, "The power is not in this building on Jones Street, brothers and sisters. The power is in our hands!"

Powerful speech by MaryBe McMillan at HK on J Lobby Day

U.S. Labor History Comes Alive in Greensboro, Sundays 4/21-5/26

U.S. Labor History Comes Alive in Greensboro, Sundays 4/21-5/26

12 Apr, 2013

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U.S. Labor History Comes Alive in Greensboro, Sundays 4/21-5/26

We are pleased to announce that the annual Spring labor history series sponsored by N.C. Triad Jobs with Justice returns for 2013! This year the theme will be "In the Current Crisis - The U.S. Labor Movement Fights Back!"

U.S. Labor History Comes Alive in Greensboro, Sundays 4/21-5/26

Legacy of Local 22 to be honored on April 20 in Winston-Salem

05 Apr, 2013

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05 Apr, 2013

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Legacy of Local 22 to be honored on April 20 in Winston-Salem

On April 20, 2013 - seventy years later - a coalition of labor, faith, and community members will unveil a commemorative state marker to celebrate tobacco Local 22 and the anniversary of their historic sit-down strike that sparked a wave of interracial union organizing in the Jim Crow South.

Legacy of Local 22 to be honored on April 20 in Winston-Salem

The Art Pope-backed plan to rig all future elections

The Art Pope-backed plan to rig all future elections

05 Apr, 2013

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The Art Pope-backed plan to rig all future elections

What does over $100,000 buy you? If you're Art Pope, it buys you a state Senator and a bevy of bills to restrict ballot access and make it even easier to buy elections.

The Art Pope-backed plan to rig all future elections

Governor plans to sellout Medicaid recipients

Governor plans to sellout Medicaid recipients

05 Apr, 2013

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Governor plans to sellout Medicaid recipients

How do you take North Carolina's model Medicaid program - the highly efficient one with the lowest rate of spending growth in the nation, run by the award-winning non-profit Community Care North Carolina - and make a buck off of it? By selling it to Wall Street!

Governor plans to sellout Medicaid recipients

State Senators doing bankers' bidding, AGAIN!

State Senators doing bankers' bidding, AGAIN!

05 Apr, 2013

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State Senators doing bankers' bidding, AGAIN!

Between SB 89 and this new monstrosity, SB 489, it would seem that state senators care more about bankers' ability to trap their constituents in a never-ending debt cycle than about governing for the good of their constituents.

State Senators doing bankers' bidding, AGAIN!