Raising wages and expanding opportunity for the masses – not the millionaires – is the way forward to a prosperous future for both working people and the economy in North Carolina.
Sign this petition urging North Carolina to reverse course and restore the state EITC, one of the best anti-poverty programs around.
Our friends at the United Way and the N.C. Budget and Tax Center are teaming up and hitting the road this winter “to share the story of the economy, the state budget and how education policy, financial stability and health issues are affecting your community.”
MaryBe McMillan sat down for an interview with Chris Fitzsimon of the radio program News & Views to discuss the state of working in North Carolina this Labor Day.
According to recently released data, North Carolina’s unemployment rate rose to 9.9% in June. As the N.C. Budget and Tax Center reports, this increase was fueled by state government job losses, which are expected to get worse as the new Republican state budget takes effect.
