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Autoworkers union celebrates breakthrough win in Tennessee and takes aim at more plants in the SouthThe United Auto Workers union is celebrating a huge win at a Volkswagen plant in Tennessee. Organizers hope they can continue a push into the rest of the south, including North Carolina and South Carolina, which have very low union participation rates.
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Unlike in many states, North Carolina public school teachers can not collectively bargain contracts. Nor can they legally strike. The situation has broad effects for public school employees.
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Sanitation workers in Durham who demanded pay raises, bonuses and permanent work last week have ended their strike to "keep their commitment to the community."
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This week, graduate students enrolled in PhD programs at Duke University will receive ballots in the mail to vote on whether to form a labor union. If more students vote for the union than against, they’ll become the first recognized graduate student union in the South.
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The National Labor Relations Board ruled that Duke University graduate students can hold a union vote later this month, rejecting a challenge from the university.
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WUNC Capitol Bureau Chief Colin Campbell spoke with Ardis Watkins, the executive director of SEANC, about the decision to make the split.
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He found his calling in a liberal college town, but no university degrees were needed for the fights Phil Cohen would go on to pick with union busters.…
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It hasn’t been an easy sell for Charles French to convince his fellow colleagues in the Greensboro Sanitation Department to join the city’s first union.“A…
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The Asheville nonprofit Just Economics has been pushing for local businesses to pay a living wage. Just Economics has calculated that individuals need an…
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The Asheville nonprofit Just Economics has been pushing for local businesses to pay a living wage. Just Economics has calculated that individuals need an…