NC State AFL-CIO

06/19/2026

Happy Juneteenth y'all! We celebrate Freedom Day with the knowledge that our shared fight for liberation and equality is sustained and made stronger by our solidarity. Forward together. Not one step back!

On the 161st anniversary of , America’s unions celebrate and commemorate the end of slavery in the United States.

We’ll continue organizing and mobilizing across the country to fight for and protect our civil rights and bring economic justice to all workers.

06/19/2026

"Don’t be afraid to take steps to greatness. It may take baby steps, but them baby steps end up becoming more steps into the future."

On May Day in downtown Durham, over a thousand people from all walks of life filled the streets. Groups like Durham Rising, the Union of Southern Service Workers (USSW), the Durham Association of Educators (DAE), and others joined local residents with a clear goal. This new generation of activists i...

06/18/2026

We had around 40 folks coming from 12 affiliates participate in our Organizing Roundtable yesterday in Charlotte! Many thanks to our VPs and Organizing Committee Co-Chairs Hannah (NNU) and Niecy (SEIU), who facilitated the meeting, and to IBEW Local 379 for hosting us.

06/18/2026

"These are restrictions that harm democracy and the possibility of holding free and fair elections."

News in Spanish about politics, immigration and community issues for Latinos in North Carolina.

06/18/2026

06/17/2026

Join the North Carolina Alliance for Retired Americans and us via Zoom for a virtual conversation about voting rights, other critical issues, and the crucial upcoming Supreme Court election. Featuring Justice Anita Earls and Justice Allison Riggs.

When: Wednesday, July 1, 2026 at 6:00 PM
Where: Zoom
Register: tiny.com/JusticeBallotNC [case sensitive]

06/17/2026

NC Republican legislators are doing this to change the outcome of the next election because they fear losing power.

The 37-page bill contains a slew of provisions including allowing any voter to challenge any other ballot and banning overseas voters who haven't ever lived in NC from voting in state elections.

06/15/2026

LET'S GO CANES! Congratulations to the Carolina Hurricanes, our hometown 2026 Stanley Cup Champions!

THE CUP IS COMING BACK TO RALEIGH!!!

06/14/2026

[Lauren] Clark, 44, rises at 5 a.m. After a quick breakfast, she takes her 16-year-old daughter to the bus stop, leaving her sons, ages 12 and 10, at home. By 6:40 a.m., Clark is headed to work, punching in by 7 a.m. to prepare breakfast for bank employees. Her older son gets himself to class. At 8:30 a.m., Clark takes her 30-minute lunch break so she can race home and ferry her 10-year-old to school before returning to work.

Clark endures this exhausting routine because day care for her special needs 10-year-old is unaffordable.

“For my son to go just to morning care, they told me it would be $1,200 a week. I said, huh? I don’t make that a week myself,” she said.

As the November congressional elections approach, millions of Americans — even those earning good money — are straining to make ends meet.

06/13/2026

They're engaging in voter suppression to change the outcome of the next election.

On Friday evening, the Republican leaders of North Carolina's state legislature dropped a big, unannounced, 36-page omnibus bill stuffed to the brim with new voting restrictions and elections changes.

This thing is a voter suppression wishlist. Just some of its major provisions:
👉 Total ban on encouraging voter turnout: State and county board members are prohibited from any public statement "encouraging or promoting voter turnout in any election"
👉 Grants the Republican State Auditor total discretion to audit all machines, county offices and personnel involved in any election
👉 Reduces campaign finance transparency: the bill significantly raises the dollar thresholds for required reporting of dark money contributions or media expenditures, waiving reporting for the rest
👉 Requires voters to register with a political party a full year before voting in that party's primary election (up from 90 days)
👉 Total ban on any ranked-choice voting in any primary or general election statewide
👉 Strips some overseas voters of their eligibility to vote in any state elections
👉 Partisan staffing: changes up to 25 professional staff at the State Board of Elections from career civil staff to partisan political appointees
👉 Bans paid petition gathering

This bill just dropped last night and may not be online yet (they like to take their time). We got a full draft of the bill here:https://carolinaforward.org/images/hb-958-pcs.pdf