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For Labor Day, Pledge to Elect People Who Will Fight for Our Rights and Freedoms
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For Labor Day, Pledge to Elect People Who Will Fight for Our Rights and Freedoms

When it’s time to go to bed after a holiday with friends and family, let’s reflect on why many of us had the day off—to recognize the many decades that working people have spent organizing for and fighting to secure safe, good-paying jobs for all of us—black, white, and brown alike. Then let’s pledge that in November, we’ll elect Joe Biden, Cal Cunningham, Jessica Holmes, and other people to local, state, and federal offices who will fight for our rights and freedoms.

For Labor Day, Pledge to Elect People Who Will Fight for Our Rights and Freedoms

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Labor Unions Plan to Turn Out an Army of Poll Workers for the Election

A lack of poll workers can lead to a lack of available polling places ― and voter disenfranchisement. Given that the pandemic has made door-knocking infeasible in so many areas, labor groups are diverting some of that energy and resources to the poll worker cause.

Labor Unions Plan to Turn Out an Army of Poll Workers for the Election

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NC AFL-CIO Holds Third 2020 Statewide Candidate Town Hall
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NC AFL-CIO Holds Third 2020 Statewide Candidate Town Hall

Over 100 union members gathered in a zoom meeting Thursday evening to participate in a virtual town hall with four statewide candidates in North Carolina. This town hall, the third and final in the state AFL-CIO’s “Labor 2020” series, featured Chief Justice Cheri Beasley, candidate for Superintendent of Public Instruction Jen Mangrum, candidate for State Treasurer Ronnie Chatterji, and candidate for State Insurance Commissioner Wayne Goodwin. The event highlighted the importance of these races to working families in North Carolina and the opportunities for progress that new leadership will bring.

NC AFL-CIO Holds Third 2020 Statewide Candidate Town Hall