April 13, 2017
Legislative Report: Understanding the “Repeal” of HB2
A number of our members have asked us what the repeal legislation, known as HB 142, actually provides. We have attempted to briefly explain our understanding in this report.
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March 30, 2017
NC AFL-CIO Responds to the “Repeal” of House Bill 2
Read MoreMaryBe McMillan, Secretary-Treasurer of the NC State AFL-CIO, issued the following statement on the passage of House Bill 142.
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December 7, 2016
ADVISORY: Air Horn Orchestra holding “memorial parade” for McCrory
Read MoreNow that Pat McCrory’s re-election campaign is officially dead, the Air Horn Orchestra is holding one last event on Wednesday — a New Orleans-style memorial parade along Fayetteville Street ending at the Governor’s Mansion for one last gathering.
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October 28, 2016
5 Reasons North Carolina Matters
Read MoreNorth Carolina is a beautiful state. We’ve got mountains, beaches and the biggest battleground of the 2016 election. Here are five reasons why the outcome on Nov. 8 matters.
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June 17, 2016
Read AFL-CIO statement on Orlando Massacre
Read MoreLabor is one big family, made up of people of all races, religions, genders, sexual orientations and gender identities. As a family, we will work to provide comfort to our brothers and sisters in Orlando and across the United States. And we will make it our daily mission to ensure America’s workplaces and union halls are safe and free from bigotry.
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Read MoreMaryBe 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.
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April 22, 2016
Mike’s Take on the NCGA: #HB2
Read MoreIn the final installment of our video series on issues that’ll be important to working people when the NCGA reconvenes, our general counsel weighs in on the effects of House Bill 2, Gov. McCrory’s executive order, and his hope for how lawmakers will deal with the fallout during the 2016 legislative session.
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April 13, 2016
Beyond Bathrooms: Gov. McCrory’s #HB2 flushed local power, workplace rights down the toilet
Read MoreThe new law significantly undermined the rights of ALL working people in our state and must be repealed!
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March 31, 2016
MaryBe McMillan sounds alarm about anti-worker HB2
Read MoreMaryBe McMillan took to the airwaves last night to expose the anti-worker effects of North Carolina’s controversial new law, H.B. 2 on The Rick Smith Show.
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March 28, 2016
New preemption law cheats Greensboro’s working families
Read MoreWorking America’s state director for North Carolina, Carolyn Smith, has issued a statement condemning the passage and signing of HB 2 into law by Gov. McCrory last week.
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