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Member Spotlight: Isael Mejia (Ironworkers)
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Member Spotlight: Isael Mejia (Ironworkers)

I want people–especially in the construction industry–to know that we don’t have to settle for dangerous and exploitative working conditions. We are experiencing a big change in how people view work. It’s powerful to see more people want to have a voice in their chosen career by forming and joining unions.

Member Spotlight: Isael Mejia (Ironworkers)

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Observe Workers Memorial Day April 28th, 2023
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Observe Workers Memorial Day April 28th, 2023

Join us at 10 AM Friday, April 28th in Raleigh for a press conference and solemn memorial service during which participants will toll a bell 179 times - once for each person in North Carolina who died while working for a better life in 2021 - and will renew our fight for strong safety and health protections.

Observe Workers Memorial Day April 28th, 2023

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Duke Grad Workers Seek Election to Secure Freedom to Unionize
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Duke Grad Workers Seek Election to Secure Freedom to Unionize

Graduate workers at Duke University have filed for an NLRB election after Duke declined to voluntarily recognize the growing majority of the university’s 2,500 PhD student workers who are exercising their freedom to join together in union to have a collective voice in determining pay, benefits, and working conditions.

Duke Grad Workers Seek Election to Secure Freedom to Unionize

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The Justice System Failed Ella May
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The Justice System Failed Ella May

On September 14th, 1929, Ella May drove into Gastonia from Bessemer City with a group of fellow union organizers, planning on singing at a rally in support of strikers at Loray Mill. Before they could reach their destination, however, a mob of armed anti-union men intercepted them and ran May's truck off the road. The mob then opened fire on the truck, hitting May, who exclaimed “Oh Lord, they’ve killed me” and died. May's killers would later walk free.

The Justice System Failed Ella May

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Lobbying for Good Jobs, Healthy Communities, and Shared Prosperity
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Lobbying for Good Jobs, Healthy Communities, and Shared Prosperity

Over 160 labor leaders and rank-and-file union members attended the 2023 NC Labor Legislative Conference in Raleigh last week. During the 2-day conference, the NC State AFL-CIO unveiled a 2023-2024 legislative agenda to create good jobs, healthy communities, and shared prosperity for working families, and attendees visited members of the North Carolina General Assembly to push for Medicaid and Broadband expansion in particular.

Lobbying for Good Jobs, Healthy Communities, and Shared Prosperity