February 17, 2017
Our Reflections on the Road Ahead
2016 was an important year for the North Carolina State AFL-CIO, but the work we do together this year can make a difference in the lives of working people everywhere.
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January 13, 2017
Redistricting Reform In-Focus on First Day of New NCGA
Read MoreState lawmakers convened the first session of the 2017-18 General Assembly on Wednesday, and a coalition of groups including the NC State AFL-CIO held a press conference to once again call for lawmakers to stop choosing their voters by implementing independent redistricting in North Carolina.
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October 20, 2016
MaryBe McMillan Renews Calls for NC Republicans to Dump Trump
Read MoreOn the heels of last night’s debate and with the start of Early Voting, the NC State AFL-CIO released the following statement from Secretary-Treasurer MaryBe McMillan again calling on Governor Pat McCrory and Senator Richard Burr to withdraw support for Donald Trump.
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Read MoreWorking people across our state will get a fair chance to vote for a better life and hold Governor McCrory and lawmakers in his party accountable in free elections for repeatedly enacting policies that hurt working families.
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Read MoreThe ruling strikes down significant provisions of North Carolina’s “Voter ID” law as discriminatory and unconstitutional.
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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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May 12, 2016
NC State AFL-CIO convenes Organizers Roundtable
Read MoreNC State AFL-CIO convened an “Organizers Roundtable” in Raleigh to strategize about ways to bring more working people together in union to raise wages and improve working conditions in North Carolina.
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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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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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October 16, 2015
N.C. is aiding and abetting criminal activity with taxpayer money
Read MoreWage thieves are real, they are criminals, and last year Cherie Berry let them get away with stealing $1 million from workers in North Carolina.
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September 17, 2015
Recap: Labor Day 2015 in NC
Read MoreWorking people in North Carolina commemorated Labor Day this year with a parade and picnics, prayers in the pulpits, and community service to honor the American worker and to celebrate the incredible achievements of all people who are working for a better life.
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September 4, 2015
MaryBe McMillan talks raising wages ahead of Labor Day
Read MoreNorth Carolina State AFL-CIO secretary-treasurer MaryBe McMillan sat down for an interview for the radio program News & Views with Chris Fitzsimon to talk about the future of work in North Carolina and efforts to raise the wages of working people in our state.
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September 4, 2015
Listen to MaryBe’s poem for women in the Fight for $15
Read MoreNorth 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.
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August 7, 2015
Give us the Senate candidate NC workers want
Read More“As Democrats look for a contender for the U.S. Senate race in 2016, working families in N.C. are hoping for a candidate who will talk candidly about inequality and offer solutions like higher wages, paid sick leave, collective bargaining rights and progressive tax reform,” says state AFL-CIO Secretary-Treasurer MaryBe McMillan.
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January 20, 2015
Our message to President Obama about the State of the Union
Read MoreSecretary-Treasurer MaryBe McMillan recorded our message to President Obama in advance of his 2015 State of the Union address.
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