August 31, 2019
Labor Day 2019 in NC
This Labor Day, workers are winning. Momentum is building. The balance of power is shifting. Across the country, working people are joining the fight for a better deal and a better life.
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Read MoreIn 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.
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December 11, 2017
Workers’ Forum Convenes to Discuss Making Durham a “Union Town”
Read MoreBefore closing, forum organizers distributed placards that read “Durham Works Because We Do!” and called on attendees to consider the creation of the Workers’ Rights Commission as just one step in making Durham a “Union Town” — a city where workers’ power is taken seriously.
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October 12, 2017
Knocking on Labor’s Door Reading by Lane Windham, Oct. 26th at The Regulator in Durham
Read MoreLane Windham will read from her new book, Knocking on Labor’s Door, at 7 pm on Thursday, October 26 at The Regulator, 720 Ninth Street, Durham, NC.
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September 1, 2017
‘$15 AND Union Rights’ Nationwide Labor Day Strike Coming to NC
Read MoreLocal cooks and cashiers from McDonald’s, Burger King, and other restaurants announced Friday that they will walk off the job on Labor Day, joining strikes by fast-food workers in 300 cities from coast to coast.
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October 14, 2016
Cheers & Beers for Democracy, Oct. 20th in Durham
Read MoreCome celebrate recent victories for our democracy on the day early voting begins! Join us for a beer and help plan our next steps to ensuring our democracy is truly of, by, and for the people.
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April 14, 2016
Forked Durham: An Evening with Saru Jayaraman (4/28)
Read MoreAcclaimed author Saru Jayaraman will be in Durham for a special event Thursday, April 28 to talk about ways diners can leverage their collective power to force the restaurant industry to change its anti-worker ways.
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April 1, 2016
Ask Rep. G.K. Butterfield to declare opposition to TPP
Read MoreJoin us April 5th for Rep. Butterfield’s ‘State of the District Address’ in Durham to ask him to Stop TPP!
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November 13, 2015
Duke contingent faculty the focus of Dec. 3 People’s Alliance meeting
Read MoreThe Durham People’s Alliance will use its December 3 meeting and Progressive Forum to educate about the so-called “gig economy” and the effort by contingent faculty at Duke University to organize with NC Faculty Forward.
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August 14, 2015
Women’s Equality Through Time: March and rally (8/28)
Read MoreJoin us in Durham to celebrate Women’s Equality Day on August 28 with a march and FREE rally organized by our friends at Action NC featuring speakers, performance artists, skits, live music, children’s activities, and food trucks!
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March 13, 2015
Support the Durham Living Wage Project
Read MoreThis week the Durham Living Wage Project launched an ambitious crowdfunding campaign to raise $20,000 in 30 days to build what has been an all-volunteer effort into a sustainable project to raise wages by certifying employers who pay their workers a liveable wage in the Bull City.
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October 28, 2011
Defend Public Sector and Good Jobs at Durham Meeting (11/3)
Read MoreA coalition of labor, faith, and civil rights groups will meet Thursday, November 3 at 7pm in Durham to hear from city workers, mental health workers, educators, and letter carriers about cuts to vital public services and the loss of good jobs.
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March 19, 2010
Durham Company is Stimulus Success Story
Read MoreCree praised as leader in green technology Vice President Joe Biden and Energy Secretary Steven Chu were in Durham this week to promote the stimulus bill’s clean-energy tax credit and to tout the accomplishments of Cree, a manufacturer of LED lighting. Because of a $39 million tax credit, Cree has been able to hire 375 […]
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