Join human rights organizers and social justice activists, students, youth, faith leaders, workers and union leaders in Durham, North Carolina for the seventh Southern Human Rights Organizers Conference (SHROC) SHROC 7 will be held from December 12-14, 2008 at the Radisson Hotel Research Triangle Park, 150 Park Dr, Research Triangle Park, NC 27709. Registration is […]
It’s time to Turn Around America This year, the North Carolina State AFL-CIO Convention, held at the North Raleigh Hilton, focused on labor’s effort to Turn Around America this election cycle. Many of the convention workshops and speakers emphasized the issues important to workers in this election, such as health care for all, the Employee […]
The 51st Annual Convention of the NC State AFL-CIO will be held Thursday and Friday, September 11-12, 2008 at the Hilton North Raleigh, 3405 Wake Forest Rd, Raleigh, NC. The deadline to get our discount rate is Sunday, August 10, 2008, so don’t delay! Once the deadline passes, our special rate is gone for good. […]
The textile industry was once the lifeblood of small towns like Roanoke Rapids, where Crystal Lee Sutton grew up and raised three children. At the J.P. Stevens mill where Sutton worked, she earned just $2.65 an hour toiling under poor conditions. Then, in 1973, Sutton met a coal miner turned organizer for the Amalgamated Clothing […]
Over 70 union members, including local union officers, shop stewards, and up-and-coming leaders from two dozen affiliates gathered on the campus of UNC-Wilmington from June 22-27 for the 2008 Carolina Labor School. Students at this year’s school took courses on state labor law, political mobilization, dispute resolution, and workers’ compensation. National AFL-CIO staff were also […]
The 51st Annual Convention of the NC State AFL-CIO will be held Thursday and Friday, September 11-12, 2008. As is the tradition in all election years, our convention this year will be held in the capital city at the Hilton North Raleigh, 3415 Wake Forest Road, Raleigh, NC. Hotel reservations must be made by August […]
The Center for Responsible Lending is presenting a Lunch & Learn Seminar in Winston-Salem on Thursday, May 29th, 11am-2pm. There is no cost to attend and free lunch will be provided. RSVP information is on the flyer. Download the flyer for this event. The topic of the seminar includes discussion on: Common myths about the […]
The 2008 session of Carolina Labor School will be held on the campus of UNC-Wilmington on Sunday, June 22 – Friday, June 27. Download the flyer and registration form. Because of limited meeting space, we put a cap on the number of registrations we accept. Confirmations are made on a first-come, first-serve basis. The deadline […]
The 2008 session of Carolina Labor School will be held on the campus of UNC-Wilmington on Sunday, June 22 – Friday, June 27. Download the flyer and registration form. Because of limited meeting space, we put a cap on the number of registrations we accept. Confirmations are made on a first-come, first-serve basis. The deadline […]
Dozens of students at UNC Chapel Hill have staged a sit-in since April 17, 2008. The students are protesting Chancellor Moeser’s refusal to adopt the Designated Suppliers Program (DSP), a program that would ensure that Chapel Hill branded apparel is not produced in sweatshops. The DSP works by certifying only those producers that comply with […]
Next Tuesday, April 29th, members of the Alliance @ IBM, a division of CWA, and their supporters will take action with a picket line and rally outside the IBM shareholders meeting in Charlotte. What: IBM Stockholder action and picket line When: Tuesday, April 29, 2008 Time: 8:30 am picket line and 12:30 pm rally Where: […]
Decades of struggle by workers and their unions have resulted in significant improvements in working conditions. But the toll of workplace injuries, illnesses and deaths remains enormous. Each year, thousands of workers are killed and millions more are injured or diseased because of their jobs. The unions of the AFL-CIO remember these workers on April […]
Raleigh ACORN is bringing a foreclosure fair to the campus of NC State this Saturday. ACORN chapters across the country have hosted similar foreclosure prevention and assistance seminars. What: Foreclosure prevention and assistance fair When: Saturday, April 26, 2008 from 10:00 am to 3:00 pm Where: Witherspoon Student Center, NC State University, 3810 Cates Ave, […]
Each day in North Carolina, folks, seniors especially, find themselves the unwitting targets of scams that would seek to defraud them of their identity or their life savings. NC Attorney General, Roy Cooper and Secretary of State, Elaine Marshall, in cooperation with AARP, the Better Business Bureau and the Area Agency on Aging will hold […]
Sen. John McCain has a long history of supporting the kind of trade deals like the Columbia FTA that have devastated our economy and sent our jobs overseas. He continues to proclaim his support for new trade agreements despite evidence of how harmful agreements like NAFTA and CAFTA have been. He supported allowing China to […]
