“The conditions we live and work under are set by those in power, and working people have the power to rewrite the rules by raising the minimum wage and protecting our freedom to join together,” said state AFL-CIO president MaryBe McMillan. “This is a fight for a better future in the state we are proud to call our home.”
Raising Wages NC coalition held a public hearing at First Baptist Church in downtown Raleigh tonight to bring together dozens of workers and allies from across the state to testify directly to candidates for Governor and the North Carolina General Assembly about what life is like for a working person in North Carolina and the importance of adopting a $15/hr minimum wage statewide for all workers–white, black, and brown.
Dozens of workers and allies from across the state will give focused, passionate testimonies about the effects of a $7.25 minimum wage and advocate for a $15 minimum wage law covering all workers, including historically excluded workers at this public hearing on February 13th in Raleigh.
Lawmakers, workers, business owners announce legislation raising the minimum wage to $15 an hour over five years, ending subminimum wages, repealing exemptions for agricultural and domestic workers.
Local 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.
On April 4th, join us at simultaneous hearings in Durham, Greenville, and Gastonia to revive the spirit of the Poor People’s Campaign, which Dr. King was working before he died in Memphis!
We’re going to Richmond August 13th to fight against the low-wage, no-rights legacy of slavery and racism for an economy that includes everyone, so we can ALL do better.
Center for American Progress Action Fund has produced a cool infographic that explains why the demand of working people in the Fight for $15 movement is also a demand to be able to stand together in union to collectively negotiate over pay, benefits, and working conditions.
MaryBe McMillan talks HB2, Drumpf, and why the Fight for $15 is also the fight for more working people in North Carolina to be able to work in union.
The News & Observer agrees with us that what’s good for working people is good for business!
Fresh off major victories in California, New York, and Pennsylvania, the Fight for $15 and union rights has announced that April 14th will be its biggest mobilization ever.
Chapel Hill resident, ardent AFL-CIO supporter and grandma, Miriam Thompson, wrote an excellent op-ed for the News & Observer, in which she asks a question that used to be the cornerstone of the American social contract, “How can we build a better future for my children and grandchildren – and yours?
The more low-wage workers hear about the Fight for $15, the better, which makes the nationwide day of action on November 10 more important than ever.
The Fight for $15 and a union will convene a forum at the state legislature on October 7th to take testimony from workers and supporters and to call for the creation of a “People’s Wage Board” to advocate for raising wages in North Carolina.
North Carolina State AFL-CIO secretary-treasurer MaryBe McMillan traveled to Kansas City last week to address the Fannie Lou Hamer Women’s Committee of Stand Up KC, where she performed a spoken-word piece – a poem written in honor of Women’s Equality Week.
