April 16, 2020
COVID-19 Update on Unemployment Insurance
President MaryBe McMillan talks to Trisha Pande, our counsel with Patterson Harkavy, LLP, about unemployment benefits available to NC workers during the pandemic.
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April 8, 2020
A Message of Solidarity During the COVID-19 Pandemic
Read More“Our union makes us strong. It gives us hope.” Listen to this message of solidarity during the COVID-19 pandemic from our president, MaryBe McMillan.
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March 9, 2018
Together: Building a Movement
Read MoreTogether, we’re building a labor movement in North Carolina with the power to change our state.
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Read MoreYou can now watch the full video of Les Leopold’s presentation at the International Longshoremen Local 1426’s hall about Runaway Inequality, his latest book which answers the question, “What happened to the American Dream?”
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October 5, 2017
A Tribute to James Andrews, President Emeritus
Read MoreIn honor of now President Emeritus James Andrews, who retired at our 60th Annual Convention last month from a career in the labor movement that spanned four decades, we interviewed some of his friends and colleagues for this video tribute.
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February 17, 2017
Our Reflections on the Road Ahead
Read More2016 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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August 12, 2016
What will it take for Sen. Burr to dump Trump?
Read MoreAn organization dedicated to holding powerful Republican politicians accountable for what they say and what they do has a come out with a new video accusing Senator Richard Burr of deserting “his sense of common decency in favor of backing Donald Trump.”
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April 22, 2016
Mike’s Take on the NCGA: #HB2
Read MoreIn the final installment of our video series on issues that’ll be important to working people when the NCGA reconvenes, our general counsel weighs in on the effects of House Bill 2, Gov. McCrory’s executive order, and his hope for how lawmakers will deal with the fallout during the 2016 legislative session.
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April 21, 2016
Mike’s Take on the NCGA: Unemployment Insurance
Read MoreIn the second installment of our video series on issues that’ll be important to working people when the NCGA reconvenes, our general counsel offers one way it could begin to restore fairness after years of unemployment benefit cuts.
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Read MoreA new 3-part video series debuting today and featuring NC State AFL-CIO General Counsel Mike Okun aims to fill us in on three issues of concern to working people when the North Carolina General Assembly reconvenes April 25th for its 2016 “short” session.
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March 24, 2016
Could TPP be a death sentence for cancer patients?
Read MoreA breast cancer survivor who put her freedom on the line to find out shares her story.
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March 18, 2016
Make Sure the Oreos You Buy are Made in America
Read MoreProtect American jobs. Check your Oreo and other Nabisco snack labels before you buy!
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May 14, 2015
AFL-CIO: Stop Fast Track (TPP) (VIDEO)
Read MoreIf we want to raise wages, protect our jobs, and save American manufacturing, we need to stop “fast track”!
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May 1, 2015
Recap: Workers’ Memorial Day 2015
Read MoreAbout two dozen Raleigh workers, advocates, community members, and faith leaders gathered on International Workers Memorial Day to memorialize workers who died or suffered illness or injury on the job and to call on North Carolina Commissioner of Labor Cherie Berry to do a better job protecting the health and safety of workers.
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Tuesday, April 14 is Equal Pay Day – the day into the new year by which a woman in the United States would have to work just to make as much money as a man did last year.
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