August 9, 2013
Moral Monday draws record crowd to Asheville
What’s next for Moral Monday after what the Asheville Citizen-Times called “the largest local protest in recent memory”?
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October 12, 2012
Mitt Romney brings his Etch-A-Sketch to Asheville
Read MoreWhen Mitt Romney and his allies gathered this week in Asheville, working families are getting ready to head to the polls on October 18 when early voting begins in North Carolina.
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November 14, 2011
Public Outcry Needed to Stop WNC Postal Closings (11/21)
Read MoreA plan by U.S. Postal Service management to close a major facility in Asheville, move operations to another state, and eliminate as many as 200 good-paying, middle-class jobs in Western North Carolina will be subject to public input at a hearing on Monday, Nov. 21 at 5pm.
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October 24, 2011
Western NC CLC Delivers Support for Occupy Asheville
Read MoreThe Occupy movement has spread far from the financial district in lower Manhattan to Asheville, NC where the CLC is answering the call of AFL-CIO president, Rich Trumka, to open our hearts and minds and support this movement in the spirit of solidarity.
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August 19, 2011
In Defense of the U.S. Postal Service
Read MoreThere is no denying that times are changing how people communicate with each other, but there will always be a need for the United States Postal Service. But from Congress to the campaign trail of right-wing politicians, the very idea that there should be universal mail service in this country is under attack.
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March 4, 2011
Western NC Rally to Save American Dream
Read MoreThanks for everyone attending the Asheville Rally! It was a mix of all of our community, all standing up for working men and women. We were one in this show of support for workers under attack in Wisconsin and everywhere else.
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March 26, 2010
Make Wall St Pay to Fix the Job Crisis They Created
Read MoreWorkers protest Bank of America in Raleigh Yesterday, the Triangle Labor Council (TLC) organized a protest outside a Bank of America (B of A) branch in Raleigh, NC. The event drew about two dozen protestors. Folks held signs and chanted for about an hour at the busy intersection where the bank is located to raise […]
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