Labor union Coverage

Fact check: Trump says native-born Americans lost nearly 1 million jobs 'in February alone'

On March 9 in Georgia, Donald Trump said, "Unions should endorse Trump because I am closing our border good and tight. ... In February alone, nearly 1 million jobs held by native-born Americans disappeared."

Louis Jacobson, PolitiFact reporter

Starbucks employees in Durham report problems after decision to unionize

Workers at a Starbucks in Durham say the company is giving them pushback after the store unionized in December.

Kelsey Coffey, WRAL reporter

Uber, Lyft and Deliveroo workers in US and UK plan Valentine's Day strike

Thousands of drivers for ride hailing services and food delivery riders in the United States and United Kingdom are planning to strike on Valentine's Day in disputes over pay and working conditions.

By Anna Cooban, CNN

Fact check: Do CEOs today earn '400 times more' than their typical workers?

Discussing the strike Sept. 17 on CNN's "State of the Union," Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., told host Jake Tapper it was a "fact that CEOs are now making 400 times more than their average worker."

Matthew Crowley and Louis Jacobson, PolitiFact reporters

Durham garbage workers will end strike 'for the citizens'

Durham Solid Waste workers on Tuesday will resume garbage collection after a week-long strike.

Monica Casey and Lora Lavigne, WRAL reporters

UPS union agrees to deal to avert strike that would stall package deliveries

United Parcel Service announced Tuesday that it had reached a tentative deal on a five-year contract with the union representing more than 325,000 of its U.S. workers, a key step in averting a potential strike.

Durham firefighters feel underpaid, have lost 17 members since January

The firefighters union is making its case at Tuesday night's Durham City Council meeting. The last time firefighter pay was increased was 16 months ago and that was a mid-year adjustment to bring the department on par with other departments in the area.

Shelle Jackson, WRAL reporter

Durham firefighters asking for more from city in light of losing staff, pay freeze

The Durham Fire Department ran more than 31,000 calls for service in 2022. The department has lost 17 firefighters since January 2023.

Union strike: Broadway actors plan rally outside DPAC before 'Beetlejuice'

Broadway actors on Tuesday are expected to rally outside DPAC before the opening of Beetlejuice in a push for new contracts.

Lora Lavigne, WRAL anchor/reporter

How they voted: NC congressional votes for the week ending Dec. 1

A look at how North Carolina members of Congress voted over the previous week..

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Workers rally in protest of safer working conditions in front of NC Capitol

Workers' families and advocates gathered at the State Capitol this morning for a memorial ceremony. They were commemorating those who lost their lives on the job in the past year. According to data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics, 189 people died on the job in 2020.

Labor union leaders push for better pay, working conditions for Wake bus drivers

One safety assistant, who asked not be identified by WRAL News, said about 15 out of 150 safety assistants in the Wake County Public School System showed up to work on Friday.

Amazon Workers on Staten Island Have Enough Support to Hold a Union Election

NEW YORK -- A fledgling union of employees at four Amazon warehouses on Staten Island demonstrated Monday that they had enough worker interest to hold an election to form a union, the National Labor Relations Board said. The agency's determination lays the groundwork for the second unionization vote at an Amazon warehouse in less than a year.

Karen Weise, New York Times

Durham McDonald's workers joining nationwide '#Striketober' walkouts

#Striketober is a10-city strike calling on McDonald's to stamp out workplace sexual harassment and violence. The striking workers are speaking out about the importance of coming together in a union.

Amazon warehouse workers' union drive receives support from Biden

On Feb. 28, President Biden posted a video in support of the movement without mentioning Amazon specifically.

Ex-union boss sent to prison for embezzlement

A former union president was sentenced Wednesday to 14 months in prison for embezzling more than $200,000 from his union, authorities said.

Unions, advocates call for worker protections at meat processing plants

Workers' unions and advocacy groups are calling on Gov. Roy Cooper to require meat and poultry producers to better protect employees in processing plants.

Joe Fisher, WRAL Reporter

Health workers ask government for more sick days, free childcare

Public healthcare workers, including representatives from the NCDHHS and UNC Hospital, hold a press conference in downtown Raleigh to voice their concerns about the state and federal government's response to coronavirus.

7 Key Points About the UAW Strike Against General Motors

First, it was teachers in West Virginia, Oklahoma and Kentucky. Then hotel workers at nearly two dozen Marriotts and grocery employees at Stop & Shop locations in the Northeast.

David Yaffe-Bellany, New York Times

Overnight nearly 50,000 auto workers went on strike

This could be the largest walk out for General Motors workers in more than a decade.

AT&T workers back at work after union ends four-day strike

AT&T employees who went on strike Saturday returned to work Wednesday. Around 20,000 workers began striking on Saturday.

Unhappy AT&T workers in Raleigh, Southeast strike; more than 20,000 walk off job overall

By Adam Owens, WRAL anchor/reporter AT&T workers frustrated at the bargaining table are forming picket lines instead, some here in […]

Some businesses are using noncompete agerements to hold onto workers

With unemployment low, some companies are requiring even low-wage workers to sign noncompete agreements in an attempt to keep them from leaving.

Judge blocks law that stops farmworker union activities

A federal judge blocked a North Carolina law limiting organized labor's work with farmworkers, siding with a magistrate's ruling that said the law is unconstitutional because it treats those unions differently than others in the state.

By MARTHA WAGGONER and GARY D. ROBERTSON, Associated Press