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Looking Back: Massive May 16th Mobilization For NC Public Schools
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Looking Back: Massive May 16th Mobilization For NC Public Schools

On May 16th, tens of thousands of teachers, staff, parents, and students marched on Raleigh to pressure state lawmakers to provide funding for the schools North Carolina students deserve, and North Carolina's labor federation was there to lend a hand -- delivering food in advance for Wake County students, raising money to bus folks to Raleigh, keeping marchers happy and hydrated, and adding our voice of support for the largest collective action taken by North Carolina public employees in recent history.

Looking Back: Massive May 16th Mobilization For NC Public Schools

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Strong Showing for Labor 2018 Candidates in May Primaries
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Strong Showing for Labor 2018 Candidates in May Primaries

Unions of working people in Central Labor Councils across North Carolina endorsed 52 local, state, and federal candidates with primary elections in May and helped propel 35 of those candidates to victory and a spot on the general election ballot in November, including big wins in 3 congressional districts.

Strong Showing for Labor 2018 Candidates in May Primaries

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Executive Paywatch: The Gap Between CEO and Worker Compensation Continues to Grow
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Executive Paywatch: The Gap Between CEO and Worker Compensation Continues to Grow

CEO pay for major companies in the United States rose nearly 6% in the past year, as income inequality and the outsourcing of good-paying American jobs have increased. According to the new AFL-CIO Executive Paywatch, the average CEO of an S&P 500 Index company made $13.94 million in 2017—361 times more money than the average U.S. rank-and-file worker.

Executive Paywatch: The Gap Between CEO and Worker Compensation Continues to Grow

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Supreme Court Rules Companies Can Require Workers to Accept Individual Arbitration

An ideologically divided Supreme Court ruled Monday that companies may require workers to settle employment disputes through individual arbitration rather than joining to press their complaints, a decision affecting as many as 25 million workers.

Supreme Court Rules Companies Can Require Workers to Accept Individual Arbitration