by admin | May 10, 2019 | In the News
Raleigh, NC On May 1, over 20,000 education workers, including teachers, bus drivers, counsellors, custodians, nurses, students and their supporters from across North Carolina converged on the State Legislature, shutting down 35 school districts and closing public...
by admin | Dec 11, 2018 | Action Alert, In the News
In response to the Board of Trustees decision to re-enshrine Silent Sam, a fundamentally hateful and racist monument to war criminals and enslavers, graduate worker-activist, Maya Little, and others at UNC have called on all UNC TA’s and faculty to withhold grading...
by admin | Jul 17, 2018 | In the News
After UE150’s successful Political Action days at the North Carolina State Legislature in May, legislative officials announced on May 24 that they plan to raise the minimum annual salary of full-time state employees to $31,200 ($15/hour) — or give a 2 percent raise to...
by admin | Jul 5, 2018 | In the News
On Thursday, June 14, 2018, workers, community organizers, current union members and candidates for state and federal office met together in Durham to discuss the need to make it easier for workers to join together in strong unions. Durham, a southern city that has...
by admin | Jun 14, 2018 | In the News
It looked and sounded like an old-fashioned union rally in Durham Thursday night – which grabs your attention considering unions don’t have a lot of political power in North Carolina. This was an effort to turn that around. In this sometimes raucous and...
by admin | Apr 2, 2018 | In the News, Press release
BY DAWN BAUMGARTNER VAUGHAN, Durham Herald Sun UPDATE: Durham City Council approved this resolution at its meeting on April 2, 2018. City workers seeking more influence for unions got some symbolic support Thursday when the Durham City Council said it will pass a...
