Victory at Durham City Council and Rocky Mount

Victory at Durham City Council and Rocky Mount

by | Jul 25, 2016 | Newsletter

Huge Win! Durham City Council Passes $15/hr and raises for all!  DURHAM – On Thursday, June 9, City Council voted to raise the  minimum wage for city employees to $15 per hour! This is due to the weekly pickets the UE150 Durham City Workers, Raise Up, Durham...

UE150 Fights for $15/hour

by | Nov 11, 2015 | Campaigns

UE150 workers in different parts of North Carolina protested for Fight for $15 movement! Here are pictures from UE 150 workers at Fight for $15 rallies in North Carolina.   UE150 Workers at Durham Fight for $15 Rally   UE150 Workers and allies at Rocky Mount...

Fight Racism & Police Brutality

by | Jul 17, 2015 | Resolutions

RESOLUTION:      Fight Racism & Police Brutality – End the War on Black America Racism has no place in society, and especially no place within the ranks of labor. American racism became the justification for the brutal, legal system of coerced labor called...

Collective Bargaining

by | Jul 17, 2015 | Resolutions

RESOLUTION:  Collective Bargaining Rights for All Workers! Employees of state and local governments provide vital services such as health care, sanitation, and education. Yet millions of workers – state and municipal workers in half of all states – have no legal...

Workers Bill of Rights

by | Jul 13, 2015 | Campaigns

Workers Bill of Rights [ Mental Health Workers Bill of Rights – PDF ] In the current right wing driven political and economic climate, not only have workers and trade union rights been under attack, but basic working conditions for all sectors have deteriorated...

Women’s & LGBT Rights

by | Jul 13, 2015 | Resolutions

RESOLUTION:  Still Fighting to Advance Women’s and Lesbian, Bi-Sexual, Gay, Transgendered (LGBT) Rights Although our UE predecessors would have thought that by this time, the fates of working women around the world would have been much improved, we are still...

Support and Build the Southern Workers Assembly

by | Jul 13, 2015 | Resolutions

RESOLUTION:  Support and Build the Southern Workers Assembly The deepening capitalist crisis across the US and the entire world continues to show its deep effects with 20 million or more people unemployed and many millions more underemployed.  This has lead to years...

Formation of a Retiree Committee

by | Jul 13, 2015 | Resolutions

RESOLUTION:   Formation of a Retiree Committee:  A Wealth of Experience!  Many valuable, strong-fighting UE150 members have retired over the last decade yet have continued to make contributions to the union by helping to sign up new members, develop new leaders,...

Support U.S. Postal Workers

by | Jul 13, 2015 | Resolutions

Resolution:    Support U.S. Postal Workers, Boycott Staples! No to Privatization! Whereas, the U.S. Postal Service has a no-bid, sweetheart deal with the big-box chain Staples to operate postal counters in more than 80 stores in 4 states; Whereas, the U.S. Postal...