Jess Issacharoff, a Ph.D. candidate at Duke University and member of the Duke Graduate Students Union, SEIU, says labor unions ought to look the the South for inspiration in the fight to secure fair wages and our freedom to organize.
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February 16, 2018
Op-Ed: Working people are under attack in our country
With the U.S. Supreme Court set to hear oral arguments in the case of Janus v. AFSCME later this month, North Carolina State House Representative Pricey Harrison wrote an excellent defense of our freedom to join in strong unions for an op-ed published recently by the Greensboro News & Record.
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Today, we commemorate the Women’s March at the “Rally on Raleigh” and vow our continuing solidarity. We dare not linger long in celebration. History is holding up a mirror that we cannot evade.
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August 7, 2015
Give us the Senate candidate NC workers want
“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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October 11, 2013
Op-Ed: TPP would be disastrous for North Carolina
The Trans-Pacific Partnership would continue the Korea FTA’s job-eroding legacy.
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The time has come to recognize American’s right to form a union “as fundamental as freedom from discrimination in employment and education.”