NC Union Jobs Board
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There is more than one way to join the labor movement!
People who want to work with the protections of a union contract can either organize their current workplace or go to work at an already unionized employer.
Below is a list of some unionized employers and union trade apprenticeship and training programs in North Carolina, the county or counties where these opportunities exist, and information on how to apply.
Call us at 919-833-6678 x10 or email [email protected] for information on how to contact individual unions if you would like to learn more about the opportunities below before applying.
Click here if you would like to talk to a union organizer about unionizing your current workplace in North Carolina.
Interested in a career in the labor movement? Visit unionjobs.com for a list of staffing opportunities at unions of working people in North Carolina and elsewhere.
Union | Description | Employer | Opportunity | County | Link |
AFGE 1738 | federal employees | Veterans Administration | jobs / federal government | Cabarrus, Durham | Link |
AFGE 2080 | federal employees | Veterans Administration | jobs / federal government | Cumberland | Link |
AFGE 3347 | federal employees | Environmental Protection Agency | jobs / federal government | Durham | Link |
AFGE 3509 | federal employees | Social Security Administration | jobs / federal government | Macon | Link |
AFSCME 77 | state, county, municipal employees | Duke University/Duke Hospital | jobs / food service and housekeeping | Durham | Link |
ATU 128 | transit workers | Asheville Rides Transit (ART) | jobs / bus operators, maintenance, service | Buncombe | Link |
ATU 1328 | transit workers | GoRaleigh | jobs / bus operators, maintenance, service | Wake |
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ATU 1328 | transit workers | Wave Transit | jobs / bus operators, maintenance, service | New Hanover | Link |
ATU 1493 | transit workers | Greensboro Transit Authority (GTA) | jobs / bus operators, maintenance, service | Guilford | Link |
ATU 1493 | transit workers | GoDurham | jobs / bus operators, maintenance, service | Durham | Link |
BAC 8-SE | bricklayers | varies | apprenticeship / masonry | Statewide | Link |
BCTGM 103 | bakers | Bimbo Bakeries | jobs / food processing | Gaston | Link |
BCTGM 176T | tobacco workers | Liggett Tobacco | jobs / tobacco production | Alamance | Link |
BCTGM 270T | tobacco workers | Alliance One International | jobs / tobacco production | Wilson, Pitt | Link |
BCTGM 317T | tobacco workers | ITG Brands | jobs / tobacco production | Guilford | Link |
IAMAW 350 | machinists | Spirit Aerosystems | jobs / aircraft assembly | Lenoir | Link |
IATSE 278 | stage employees | varies | training / stage production | Buncombe | Link |
IATSE 322 | stage employees | varies | training / stage production | Mecklenburg | Link |
IATSE 417 | stage employees | varies | training / stage production | Durham, Wake, Cumberland | Link |
IATSE 491 | studio mechanics | varies | training / film and television production | New Hanover | Link |
IATSE 574 | stage employees | varies | training / stage production | Guilford | Link |
IATSE 635 | stage employees | varies | training / stage production | Forsyth | Link |
IBEW 1902 | electrical workers | Duke Energy | jobs / electrical | Durham | Link |
IBEW 238 | electrical workers | varies | apprenticeship / electrical | Buncombe | Link |
IBEW 342 | electrical workers | varies | apprenticeship / electrical | Alamance, Alexander, Alleghany, Ashe, Caswell, Chatham, Davidson, Davie, Forsyth, Guilford, Moore, Randolph, Rockingham, Stokes, Surry, Wilkes, Yadkin | Link |
IBEW 379 | electrical workers | varies | apprenticeship / electrical | Mecklenburg | Link |
IBEW 495 | electrical workers | varies | apprenticeship / electrical | New Hanover | Link |
IBEW 553 | electrical workers | varies | apprenticeship / electrical | Durham, Wake | Link |
IBEW 80 | electrical workers | varies | apprenticeship / electrical | varies | Link |
IBT 391 | Teamsters | UPS | jobs / shipping and logistics | Cumberland, Guilford, New Hanover, Wake, elsewhere | Link |
IBT 61 | Teamsters | UPS | jobs / shipping and logistics | Buncombe, Henderson, Cleveland, Catawba, Wilkes, Macon, Iredell, Caldwell, Jackson | Link |
IBT 61 | Teamsters | TFORCE Freight | jobs / freight shipping | Buncombe, Catawba | Link |
IBT 61 | Teamsters | ABF Freight | jobs / freight shipping | Catawba | Link |
IBT 61 | Teamsters | ALSCO Linen | jobs / shipping and logistics | Buncombe | Link |
IBT 61 | Teamsters | Wilkes Telephone Membership Cooperative | jobs / | Wilkes | Link |
IBT 61 | Teamsters | PET Dairy (Dean Foods) | jobs / dairy products shipping / delivery | Buncombe, Caldwell | Link |
IBT 61 | Teamsters | French Broad Food Co-Op | jobs / food retail / food coop | Buncombe | Link |
IBT 61 | Teamsters | Green Sage Cafe | jobs / food service | Buncombe | Link |
ILA 1426 | longshoremen | varies | hiring hall / maritime | New Hanover | Link |
Ironworkers 848 | iron workers | varies | apprenticeship / iron work | varies | Link |
IUOE 465 | operating engineers | Duke Hospital Raleigh | jobs / maintenance | Wake | Link |
National Nurses United | registered nurses | Mission Health | jobs / nursing | Buncombe | Link |
SEIU Workers United | textile workers | ALSCO | jobs / laundry service | Durham, Wake | Link |
SEIU Workers United | textile workers | Angelica | jobs / laundry service | Durham | Link |
SEIU Workers United | faculty workers | Duke University | jobs / laundry service | Durham | Link |
SMART | rail workers | Amtrak | jobs / transportation | varies | Link |
SMART | rail workers | Norfolk Southern | jobs / transportation | varies | Link |
SMART | bus drivers | Charlotte Area Transit System | jobs / transportation | Mecklenburg | Link |
UA 421 | plumbers & pipefitters | varies | apprenticeship & training / plumbing | Cabarrus, Wake | Link |
UAW | auto workers | DHL Logistics | jobs / shipping and logistics | Mecklenburg, Rowan | Link |
UAW 2320 | social justice advocates | NC Justice Center | jobs / policy advocacy & research and legal services | Wake | Link |
UAW 2404 | auto workers | General Motors | jobs / auto manufacturing | Mecklenburg | Link |
UAW 3520 | auto workers | Daimler Trucks North America (DTNA) | jobs / auto manufacturing | Rowan | Link |
UAW 3520 | auto workers | Ford Motor Company | jobs / auto manufacturing | Alamance | Link |
UAW 5285 | auto workers | Daimler Trucks North America (DTNA) | jobs / auto manufacturing | Gaston | Link |
UAW 5286 | auto workers (parts plant) | Daimler Trucks North America (DTNA) | jobs / metal parts manufacturing | Gaston | Link |
UAW 5287 | auto workers | DTNA / Thomas Built Bus | jobs / auto manufacturing | Guilford | Link |
UBC Southeast | carpenters | varies | apprenticeship & training / carpentry | Alamance, Alexander, Alleghany, Anson, Ashe, Avery, Beaufort, Bladen, Brunswick, Buncombe, Burke, Cabarrus, Caldwell, Carteret, Caswell, Catawba, Chatham, Chowan, Clay, Cleveland, Columbus, Craven, Cumberland, Dare, Davidson, Davie, Duplin, Durham, Edgecombe, Forsyth, Franklin, Gaston, Granville, Greene, Guilford, Halifax, Harnett, Haywood, Henderson, Hoke, Hyde, Iredell, Jackson, Johnston, Jones, Lee, Lenoir, Lincoln, McDowell, Macon, Madison, Martin, Mecklenburg, Mitchell, Montgomery, Moore, Nash, New Hanover, Onslow, Orange, Pamlico, Pender, Person, Pitt, Polk, Randolph, Richmond, Robeson, Rockingham, Rowan, Rutherford, Sampson, Scotland, Stanly, Stokes, Surry, Swain, Transylvania, Tyrrell, Union, Vance, Wake, Warren, Washington, Watauga, Wayne, Wilkes, Wilson, Yadkin, Yancey | Link |
UFCW 1208 | food workers | Smithfield Foods | jobs / meat processing | Bladen | Link |
UFCW 1208 | food workers | Cheez-Its / Kellanova | jobs / baking | Wake | Link |
UNITE HERE 23 | hospitality workers | HMSHost | jobs / airport food service | Mecklenburg | Link |
UNITE HERE 23 | hospitality workers | LSG Sky Chefs | jobs / airplane food service | Mecklenburg | Link |
USW 1025 | steelworkers | Corning | jobs / manufacturing | New Hanover | Link |
USW 1089 | steelworkers | Graphic Packaging | jobs / packaging and manufacturing | Mecklenburg | Link |
USW 1159 | steelworkers | Goodyear | jobs / manufacturing | Iredell | Link |
USW 1167 | steelworkers | International Paper | jobs / paper production | Craven | Link |
USW 1268 | steelworkers | Hood Packaging | jobs / packaging and manufacturing | Hamlet | Link |
USW 1283 | steelworkers | West Fraser Inc | jobs / manufacturing | Seaboard | Link |
USW 1325 | steelworkers | Weyerhaeuser | jobs / manufacturing | Craven | Link |
USW 1356 | steelworkers | Domtar Paper | jobs / paper production | Beaufort | Link |
USW 1356 | steelworkers | Weyerhaeuser | jobs / manufacturing | Beaufort | Link |
USW 1423 | steelworkers | Domtar Paper | jobs / paper production | Beaufort | Link |
USW 1730 | steelworkers | Packaging Corporation of America | jobs / packaging and manufacturing | Rowan | Link |
USW 1811 | steelworkers | Duff Norton | jobs / manufacturing | Mecklenburg | Link |
USW 1821 | steelworkers | International Paper | jobs / paper production | Mecklenburg | Link |
USW 303 | steelworkers | Eagle Creek Renewable Energy | jobs / dam maintenance | Stanly | Link |
USW 45 | steelworkers | Owens-Brockway Glass Container | jobs / manufacturing | Lexington | Link |
USW 47 | steelworkers | Ardagh Glass Inc | jobs / manufacturing | Wilson | Link |
USW 55 | steelworkers | Ardagh Glass Inc | jobs / manufacturing | Vance | Link |
USW 8205 | steelworkers | Leesona | jobs / manufacturing | Alamance | Link |
USW 8498 | steelworkers | Ardagh Group / Rexam Beverage Can | jobs / manufacturing | Forsyth | Link |
USW 8573 | steelworkers | Granges | jobs / manufacturing | Rowan | Link |
USW 8573 | steelworkers | WS Tyler | jobs / manufacturing | Rowan | Link |
USW 9-0425 | paper workers | WestRock | jobs / paper production | Halifax | Link |
USW 9-0425 | steelworkers | WestRock | jobs / paper production | Halifax | Link |
USW 9-0428 | steelworkers | West Fraser Inc | jobs / manufacturing | Columbus | Link |
USW 9-0429 | steelworkers | International Paper | jobs / paper production | Iredell | Link |
USW 9-0738 | steelworkers | International Paper | jobs / paper production | Polk | Link |
USW 9-0853 | steelworkers | Highland Containers | jobs / packaging and manufacturing | Guilford | Link |
USW 9-1870 | steelworkers | WestRock | jobs / packaging and manufacturing | Forsyth | Link |
USW 9465 | steelworkers | NSG Group | jobs / manufacturing | Scotland | Link |
USW 9536 | steelworkers | Smithfield Packing | jobs / meat packing | Johnston | Link |
USW 959 | steelworkers | Goodyear | jobs / manufacturing | Cumberland | Link |
Notice to Affiliates
We need your help answering the following questions:
- Is your union not on the list? Let us know at 919-833-6678 x10 or [email protected]!
- Is the name of your employer accurate?
- How can we be more specific about the job opportunities within your bargaining unit(s)? Not every employment opportunity may be covered by your contract(s).
- Is the link or other information about how to apply accurate?