December 2, 2022
Nurses Leading the Way in Labor’s “Southern Revival”
Read about how Nurses at Mission Hospital are leading the way in growing North Carolina’s labor movement and showing what solidarity looks like in our state.
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December 3, 2018
Faculty at Elon University Take First Steps to Unionize
Read MoreNon-tenure-track faculty at Elon University have taken the first public steps to exercise their freedom to join together in union and collectively negotiate a union contract for fair wages, job security, and more transparency in salary and promotion decisions made by university officials.
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Read MoreOn July 25th, AFGE members across the country are taking a stand against the union-busting, democracy-busting executive orders. AFGE Local 1738 is sponsoring a bus to take members, their friends and families, and other community supporters to join the rally in DC. If you can we’re asking you to come to DC on the 25th to join us or host an event at home. Use the hashtag #RedForFeds when showing your support on social media!
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March 29, 2018
Farm Laborers Launch Boycott of Reynolds VUSE e-Cigs
Read MoreUntil Reynolds signs an agreement guaranteeing farmworkers freedom of association and the right to collectively negotiate for safe and humane working and living conditions and for a fair return on their work, join us in boycotting the VUSE e-cigarette brand!
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February 16, 2018
Report: Mondelēz-Nabisco Exploits Workers, Damages Communities
Read MoreInterfaith Worker Justice recently published a report following a four-month international investigation into Mondelēz outsourcing of good, family-sustaining jobs to Mexico where workers only make about a dollar an hour.
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Read MoreLast year, Nabisco/Mondelēz’ CEO Irene Rosenfeld got paid $8,029 per hour to eliminate 600 good, middle-class jobs in Chicago in order to outsource Nabisco production to Mexico and exploit working families for $1 per hour.
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Read MoreShow up to show solidarity with workers organizing for a better life when the 2017 Expose Walmart Tour makes stops May 22nd in Charlotte and Greensboro.
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Read MoreJoin us Saturday, Jan. 28th for solidarity actions at Nissan dealerships in Charlotte, Greensboro, and Raleigh and make a di fference—in Mississippi and in our communities—by standing with the Nissan workers organizing for a voice on the job!
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October 14, 2016
Boycott Donald Trump Solidarity Picket Oct. 19th in Charlotte
Read MoreDonald Trump refuses to negotiate with his Las Vegas hotel workers, so UNITE HERE Local 23, which represents workers at Charlotte’s airport, is calling for a solidarity picket of Donald Trump’s swanky golf resort on Lake Norman.
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North Carolinians can help Verizon workers stand one-day longer, one-day stronger by donating online in any amount to the Solidarity Fund.
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April 1, 2016
Global strike, protests April 14 will be ‘biggest-ever’
Read MoreFresh off major victories in California, New York, and Pennsylvania, the Fight for $15 and union rights has announced that April 14th will be its biggest mobilization ever.
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February 26, 2016
Unions team up to save jobs in the Triad
Read MoreThousands of workers in the Triad could be out of a job at MillerCoors in Eden and ITG Brands in Greensboro, but union workers at both plants are teaming up to fight for their jobs.
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February 5, 2016
MillerCoors wants Carolina to lose
Read MoreMillerCoors plans to abandon Carolina by shutting down its profitable, award-winning brewery in Eden, N.C. where 500 people work.
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December 14, 2015
Rally to support MillerCoors workers, Dec. 15 at 3pm
Read MoreCommunity members and state and local politicians will rally 3 PM Tuesday in Eden at an event being organized by Teamsters Local 391 to support hundreds of MillerCoors workers facing the loss of good union jobs in their small, mostly rural town.
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October 23, 2015
Fight for $15 and a union Nov. 10 (UPDATED)
Read MoreThe more low-wage workers hear about the Fight for $15, the better, which makes the nationwide day of action on November 10 more important than ever.
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