/tags/union Union en-US Copyright Mon, 22 Apr 2024 14:18:43 GMT /business-economy/2024-04-22/autoworkers-union-uaw-volkswagon-shawn-fain-tennessee-carolina The 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. Mon, 22 Apr 2024 14:18:43 GMT /business-economy/2024-04-22/autoworkers-union-uaw-volkswagon-shawn-fain-tennessee-carolina Associated Press /business-economy/2022-05-03/starbucks-baristas-boone-unionize-raleigh-union-efforts Employees at the Boone Starbucks voted 33-2 on Saturday to form a union. According to barista Grace Marvell, the vote allows the 48 workers to negotiate for better working hours and a higher hourly wage. Tue, 03 May 2022 14:19:13 GMT /business-economy/2022-05-03/starbucks-baristas-boone-unionize-raleigh-union-efforts Jeff Tiberii /arts-culture/2017-12-20/be-free-or-die-tells-the-story-of-robert-smalls-escape-from-slavery Note: this segment is a rebroadcast from June 20, 2017.In May 1862, Robert Smalls became a Union hero overnight when he stole a Confederate steamer from… Wed, 20 Dec 2017 16:41:38 GMT /arts-culture/2017-12-20/be-free-or-die-tells-the-story-of-robert-smalls-escape-from-slavery Charlie Shelton-Ormond, Frank Stasio /show/the-state-of-things/2017-12-20/be-free-or-die-tells-the-story-of-robert-smalls-escape-from-slavery Note: this segment is a rebroadcast from June 20, 2017.In May 1862, Robert Smalls became a Union hero overnight when he stole a Confederate steamer from… Wed, 20 Dec 2017 16:41:38 GMT /show/the-state-of-things/2017-12-20/be-free-or-die-tells-the-story-of-robert-smalls-escape-from-slavery Charlie Shelton-Ormond, Frank Stasio /arts-culture/2017-09-21/in-this-historical-fiction-novel-the-strangest-parts-are-true Daren Wang grew up in an old farmhouse in Town Line, New York, a place that was notable for being the only town north of the Mason-Dixon Line to secede… Thu, 21 Sep 2017 16:09:03 GMT /arts-culture/2017-09-21/in-this-historical-fiction-novel-the-strangest-parts-are-true Jennifer Brookland , Frank Stasio /show/the-state-of-things/2017-09-21/in-this-historical-fiction-novel-the-strangest-parts-are-true Daren Wang grew up in an old farmhouse in Town Line, New York, a place that was notable for being the only town north of the Mason-Dixon Line to secede… Thu, 21 Sep 2017 16:09:03 GMT /show/the-state-of-things/2017-09-21/in-this-historical-fiction-novel-the-strangest-parts-are-true Jennifer Brookland , Frank Stasio /arts-culture/2016-08-10/that-bright-land-explores-western-nc-post-civil-war In 1866, communities across western North Carolina were forced to pick up the pieces left by the Civil War. Residents had ties to the Confederacy and the… Wed, 10 Aug 2016 16:25:56 GMT /arts-culture/2016-08-10/that-bright-land-explores-western-nc-post-civil-war Charlie Shelton-Ormond, Frank Stasio /show/the-state-of-things/2016-08-10/that-bright-land-explores-western-nc-post-civil-war In 1866, communities across western North Carolina were forced to pick up the pieces left by the Civil War. Residents had ties to the Confederacy and the… Wed, 10 Aug 2016 16:25:56 GMT /show/the-state-of-things/2016-08-10/that-bright-land-explores-western-nc-post-civil-war Charlie Shelton-Ormond, Frank Stasio