Paul Newby, a born-again Christian, has turned his perch atop North Carolina’s Supreme Court into an instrument of political power. Over two decades, he’s driven changes that have reverberated well beyond the borders of his state.
The board of Professional Educators of North Carolina, an organization with 1,700 members across the state, voted unanimously to affiliate with the American Federation of Teachers, which has 1.8 million members and 3,870 active affiliates nationwide.
This despite North Carolina having the lowest union density in the country. However, there have been some important organizing victories in the state in the past several years.
On January 7, exactly three years since the founding of Carolina Amazonians United for Solidarity and Empowerment (CAUSE), the NLRB ruled that workers at Amazon’s RDU1 fulfillment center in Garner, North Carolina, can have an election.
Restaurant workers threw themselves into cooking meals for thousands of displaced people with the local Mutual Aid Disaster Relief group. AFBU members helped workers apply for relief funds and more.
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