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Liz Shuler makes case for workers' rights in NC

Liz Shuler makes case for workers' rights in NC

08 Mar, 2013

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Liz Shuler makes case for workers' rights in NC

National AFL-CIO Secretary-Treasurer Liz Shuler came to town this week for stops in Raleigh, at Duke, and at UNC Chapel Hill on Monday and Tuesday to talk about how workers' rights are good for workers and good for business and why "right-to-work" for less is wrong for North Carolina.

Liz Shuler makes case for workers' rights in NC

McCrory rejects Medicaid expansion

McCrory rejects Medicaid expansion

08 Mar, 2013

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McCrory rejects Medicaid expansion

Tuesday, March 5, 2013 will go down in foolish infamy as the day North Carolina's new governor signed into law spiteful legislation that turns down a $10 billion investment by the federal government in North Carolina's economy and medical coverage for up to half a million more North Carolina residents.

McCrory rejects Medicaid expansion

Greensboro firefighters win dues checkoff

Greensboro firefighters win dues checkoff

08 Mar, 2013

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Greensboro firefighters win dues checkoff

We got this great piece of labor news from Greensboro this week. On Tuesday, the city council voted 6-3 to allow firefighters to have voluntary union dues deducted from their paychecks!

Greensboro firefighters win dues checkoff

Save the Earned Income Tax Credit in NC

Save the Earned Income Tax Credit in NC

01 Mar, 2013

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Save the Earned Income Tax Credit in NC

The Earned Income Tax Credit is a powerful anti-poverty tool that must be protected by state lawmakers as they consider changes to the tax code. Unfortunately, Republican state lawmakers have filed a bill to cut the state EITC for 2013 and could allow the credit to expire completely next year.

Save the Earned Income Tax Credit in NC

Save the date to Save Our Postal Service (3/24)

Save the date to Save Our Postal Service (3/24)

01 Mar, 2013

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Save the date to Save Our Postal Service (3/24)

The National Association of Letter Carriers is taking action to rally support to save America's Postal Service and Saturday delivery with rallies in Raleigh and Charlotte on Sunday, March 24. There are over 35,000 good-paying, union jobs at stake.

Save the date to Save Our Postal Service (3/24)

Upcoming tobacco farmworker solidarity actions

Upcoming tobacco farmworker solidarity actions

01 Mar, 2013

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Upcoming tobacco farmworker solidarity actions

After tobacco farmworker advocates rallied outside the corporate headquarters of The Pantry, Inc. in Cary, NC, today, asking that company's CEO to keep up the pressure on Reynolds to do right by its tobacco field workers, our campaign for justice will continue with other actions this month and beyond.

Upcoming tobacco farmworker solidarity actions