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Joint Statement on Removing Barriers to Labor Organizing (Act)
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Joint Statement on Removing Barriers to Labor Organizing (Act)

Today we celebrate the introduction of legislation to repeal North Carolina’s “right-to-work” law and the prohibition on public employee collective bargaining, G.S. 95-98–two relics from the segregation era that belong in the dustbin of history. 

Joint Statement on Removing Barriers to Labor Organizing (Act)

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Joint Statement with Wiley Nickel About the Start of Early Voting
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Joint Statement with Wiley Nickel About the Start of Early Voting

We are excited to begin casting our ballots for pro-worker champions like Wiley Nickel, Cheri Beasley, and others who will stand alongside working people in our fight for higher wages, safer workplaces, and stronger labor rights!

Joint Statement with Wiley Nickel About the Start of Early Voting

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Advisory: Community to Honor NC Workers Who Died on the Job (April 28th)
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Advisory: Community to Honor NC Workers Who Died on the Job (April 28th)

On Thursday, local workers, union members, and community leaders will gather outside the North Carolina State Capitol to mark Workers Memorial Day, renew the call for strong safety protections, and remember workers who have died or suffered illness or injuries while on the job. At the interfaith press conference and solemn memorial service, participants will toll a bell 189 times - once for each person in North Carolina who died while working for a better life in 2020, the most recent year for which the full death toll is known.

Advisory: Community to Honor NC Workers Who Died on the Job (April 28th)

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NC AFL-CIO Convention Brings 3 Days of Solidarity to Wilmington
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NC AFL-CIO Convention Brings 3 Days of Solidarity to Wilmington

The convention brought together more than 300 labor leaders from across North Carolina for three days of speeches, discussions, and workshops to create a better future through organizing, political power, and building solidarity through racial justice. This year’s convention also included the election of NC State AFL-CIO leadership to new 4-year terms and a forum for U.S. Senate candidates to answer tough questions about their commitment to empowering working people.

NC AFL-CIO Convention Brings 3 Days of Solidarity to Wilmington

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BURNED ALIVE: NC Workplace Safety in Focus at Town Hall
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BURNED ALIVE: NC Workplace Safety in Focus at Town Hall

Over 150 people joined the first-ever North Carolina Worker Safety Town Hall, September 28th. During the online event, workers shared powerful testimonies about workplace safety issues in their respective industries and advocated for better enforcement priorities, as North Carolina ranks as the worst state for workers (Oxfam, 2021), to newly elected NC Labor Commissioner Josh Dobson, who was in attendance to hear their concerns. The town hall was hosted on Zoom and broadcast live on Facebook.

BURNED ALIVE: NC Workplace Safety in Focus at Town Hall