/tags/labor Labor en-US Copyright Mon, 25 Nov 2024 14:08:23 GMT /news/2024-11-25/charlotte-airport-workers-strike-thanksgiving-travel Service workers at Charlotte Douglas International Airport have gone on strike during a busy week of Thanksgiving travel to protest what they say are unlivable wages. Employees of ABM and Prospect Airport Services cast ballots Friday to authorize the work stoppage in North Carolina that started Monday morning. Mon, 25 Nov 2024 14:08:23 GMT /news/2024-11-25/charlotte-airport-workers-strike-thanksgiving-travel Associated Press /politics/2022-03-02/touting-investment-in-workers-vp-harris-visits-durham Vice President Kamala Harris visited Durham on Wednesday to tour the IBEW local 553 apprentice program at Durham Technical Community College and delivered remarks highlighting the administration's investments in workers. Wed, 02 Mar 2022 16:41:26 GMT /politics/2022-03-02/touting-investment-in-workers-vp-harris-visits-durham Celeste Gracia, Mitchell Northam /news/2021-08-20/nc-jobless-rate-inches-closer-to-pre-pandemic-level North Carolina's unemployment rate fell for the 10th consecutive month in July, the state Commerce Department reported on Friday, inching the percentage ever closer to pre-pandemic levels. Fri, 20 Aug 2021 21:54:48 GMT /news/2021-08-20/nc-jobless-rate-inches-closer-to-pre-pandemic-level Associated Press /business-economy/2020-12-29/frank-stasios-fondest-shows-north-carolinas-unions-and-organized-labor-saved-lives-in-2020 Union membership in the United States is at a record low. About 10% of workers nationwide are currently union members, and only 2.7% of workers in North… Tue, 29 Dec 2020 17:08:29 GMT /business-economy/2020-12-29/frank-stasios-fondest-shows-north-carolinas-unions-and-organized-labor-saved-lives-in-2020 Frank Stasio /business-economy/2020-09-09/north-carolinas-unions-and-organized-labor-saved-lives-in-2020 Union membership in the United States is at a record low. About 10% of workers nationwide are currently union members, and only 2.7% of workers in North… Wed, 09 Sep 2020 16:47:10 GMT /business-economy/2020-09-09/north-carolinas-unions-and-organized-labor-saved-lives-in-2020 Grant Holub-Moorman, Frank Stasio /race-demographics/2020-07-20/strike-for-black-lives-calls-attention-to-racial-economic-injustice Tens of thousands of workers in more than 25 cities are expected to participate in a full-day strike today as part of the “Strike for Black Lives.” Those… Mon, 20 Jul 2020 16:32:10 GMT /race-demographics/2020-07-20/strike-for-black-lives-calls-attention-to-racial-economic-injustice Kaia Findlay, Anita Rao /business-economy/2020-05-22/labor-organizing-in-a-pandemic-asheville-nurses-await-a-consequential-union-decision Strikes and labor organizing are on the rise as essential workers grapple with safety concerns while on the job. Meatpacking plants, city sanitation and… Fri, 22 May 2020 17:03:25 GMT /business-economy/2020-05-22/labor-organizing-in-a-pandemic-asheville-nurses-await-a-consequential-union-decision Josie Taris, Frank Stasio /show/the-state-of-things/2020-05-22/labor-organizing-in-a-pandemic-asheville-nurses-await-a-consequential-union-decision Strikes and labor organizing are on the rise as essential workers grapple with safety concerns while on the job. Meatpacking plants, city sanitation and… Fri, 22 May 2020 17:03:25 GMT /show/the-state-of-things/2020-05-22/labor-organizing-in-a-pandemic-asheville-nurses-await-a-consequential-union-decision Josie Taris, Frank Stasio /business-economy/2020-01-05/five-former-workers-sue-mebane-hotel-for-wage-theft Five former employees of the Hampton Inn in Mebane filed a complaint in Guilford County Superior Court alleging wage theft totalling $24,681. They assert… Sun, 05 Jan 2020 19:36:06 GMT /business-economy/2020-01-05/five-former-workers-sue-mebane-hotel-for-wage-theft Amanda Magnus, Frank Stasio /show/the-state-of-things/2020-01-05/five-former-workers-sue-mebane-hotel-for-wage-theft Five former employees of the Hampton Inn in Mebane filed a complaint in Guilford County Superior Court alleging wage theft totalling $24,681. They assert… Sun, 05 Jan 2020 19:36:06 GMT /show/the-state-of-things/2020-01-05/five-former-workers-sue-mebane-hotel-for-wage-theft Amanda Magnus, Frank Stasio