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North Carolina Needs Unions! Town Hall in Durham (6/14/18)

North Carolina Needs Unions! Town Hall in Durham (6/14/18)

12 Jun, 2018

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North Carolina Needs Unions! Town Hall in Durham (6/14/18)

In a first for North Carolina, working people from across economic sectors will get to challenge candidates and elected officials on ways to strengthen the freedom to join together in unions at a town hall this Thursday, June 14th, in Durham.

North Carolina Needs Unions! Town Hall in Durham (6/14/18)

Charlotte Community to Demand Accountability for Worksite Death of Juventino Hernandez

Charlotte Community to Demand Accountability for Worksite Death of Juventino Hernandez

29 May, 2018

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Charlotte Community to Demand Accountability for Worksite Death of Juventino Hernandez

Local community and union leaders will hold a press conference at 9:30 AM Wednesday, May 30th, in front of the Legacy Union building on Stonewall Street in Charlotte, where 24-year-old construction worker and married father, Juventino Hernandez, fell to his death last week.

Charlotte Community to Demand Accountability for Worksite Death of Juventino Hernandez

We Stand in Solidarity with N.C. Teachers and School Employees

We Stand in Solidarity with N.C. Teachers and School Employees

16 May, 2018

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We Stand in Solidarity with N.C. Teachers and School Employees

Our students deserve better, and by standing up and standing together, we will ensure they get better.

We Stand in Solidarity with N.C. Teachers and School Employees

N.C. Unions Help Deliver Food for Wake County Students Ahead of May 16th Advocacy Day

N.C. Unions Help Deliver Food for Wake County Students Ahead of May 16th Advocacy Day

15 May, 2018

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N.C. Unions Help Deliver Food for Wake County Students Ahead of May 16th Advocacy Day

The NC State AFL-CIO delivered four pallets of food donated by the Food Bank and sorted into 500 "weekend packs" to Ligon Middle School in Raleigh for distribution by Wake County teachers to students in need across Wake County today.

N.C. Unions Help Deliver Food for Wake County Students Ahead of May 16th Advocacy Day

Community to Honor 174 People Who Died on the Job in 2016

Community to Honor 174 People Who Died on the Job in 2016

24 Apr, 2018

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Community to Honor 174 People Who Died on the Job in 2016

Local workers, labor and faith leaders, and family members will gather Friday morning on the grounds of the Old State Capitol in Raleigh for an annual interfaith Workers’ Memorial Day service to ring a bell 174 times in remembrance of the 174 people known to have died on the job in 2016 -- 24 more than the year before -- and to call on the N.C. Department of Labor to do more to prevent workplace fatalities.

Community to Honor 174 People Who Died on the Job in 2016

Striking Workers Rally Over Abuses by NCDOT Contractor Border Rebar

Striking Workers Rally Over Abuses by NCDOT Contractor Border Rebar

12 Feb, 2018

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Striking Workers Rally Over Abuses by NCDOT Contractor Border Rebar

Clergy, members of community & civic organizations, labor advocates, public servants, and private citizens held a sidewalk rally with striking Border Rebar workers outside the North Carolina Department of Transportation (NCDOT) this afternoon to draw attention to dangerous and abusive working conditions at one of its contractors, Border Rebar, and to call on the Department to meet and discuss implementing responsible contractor policies.

Striking Workers Rally Over Abuses by NCDOT Contractor Border Rebar