On Friday, May 1, UE members across the country organized and joined marches, rallies, and other actions to mark International Workers’ Day, and to strengthen their connections to other unions and community organizations. These actions were among over 5,000 organized by the May Day Strong coalition (of which UE is a part) under the banner “Workers Over Billionaires.”
At a march in Madison, Local 1186 President Mike Tomaloff ended his speech by declaring, “Alone the struggle is hard but together we will overturn the old ways and build a new world for, of, and by the workers regardless of gender, age, skin color, faith, or what side of an imaginary line you were born on. We leave no one behind.”
Read about the other actions UE members participated in across the country by using the link in our story.
NCSU dining worker, Tim Lee, joined hundreds of UE150 members on #mayday to rally at NCSU Bell Tower then march to the NC General Assembly to join thousands of public school workers at NCAE rally. We demand a state budget that funds raises, healthcare and education, not more tax breaks for the rich and corporations!
Join us this Friday in celebration of May Day! We will be celebrating the efforts of labor activists and their work toward a more just future. We invite you to join us for a day of joyful activism—we hope to see you there!
📍Upper Quad. 11-1pm, Friday May 1st.
Let’s celebrate workers THIS MAY DAY 11-1pm in the Quad!! Workers UNITE ☀️✊
If you aren’t local to UNC, find a May Day action near you at smvmt.org/may1. LET’S GET ORGANIZED!!
Celebrating Worker Power at UNC Chapel Hill May Day and Every Day. Join The Workers Union at UNC Friday May 1st in a picnic on the quad (polk place) 11 - 1p. PB&J, music, and speeches provided. That evening we are hosting a fundraising social, REDFEST, at 7p / Steelstring in Carrboro. In prep for our celebrations, join us on Thursday the 23rd at steelstring to make your mark on your workplace through art!
Solidarity now and forever - The Workers Union at Chapel Hill (UE 150)
Join us this Thursday (5/8) for our monthly general body meeting in Smith 107 or online! New and interested members welcome! GBMs are the first Thursday of every month.
UE Local 150 members attended a meeting with congressional candidate Nida Allam and Senator Bernie Sanders on his Fighting Oligarchy tour stop in Durham on Friday, February 13. The members joined the Union of Southern Service Workers and others at the meeting to advocate for North Carolina public service workers. Nyssa Tucker, a Local 150 member at UNC Chapell Hill said workers are “overworked, underpaid, understaffed, and under-appreciated by the billionaires who gerrymander our state into captivity.” Tucker explained that billionaire oligarchs sit on the university board of trustees and “are running the university into the ground while the workers who make the institution run are looking down the barrel of losing their job” due to recent funding cuts.
Yesterday, housekeepers is at UNC delivered hundreds of petition signatures to Vice Chancellor of Facilities Howard Wertheimer demanding a meeting with him to address the unfair attendance policy, along with the recent practice of forcing housekeepers come to work on weekends during the snow. We won’t stop until we win!
🚨ENDORSEMENT ALERT 🚨
Southern workers need reps in Congress that will stand up to billionaires & refuse $ from corporate PACs.
We proudly endorse @nidaallam for US Congress 4th district (Durham/Chapel Hill) & urge all workers to vote in this important primary starting 2/12.
(additional sponsors: Duke Faculty Union, Duke Press Union!) Duke is laying people off despite **$14 billion** in unrestricted reserves. It’s consistently running surpluses, but saying it’s a non-profit and can’t afford to pay Durham what it owes. Employees that were not cut are now being worked to the bone. Meanwhile, these financial decisions were made from the top down by administrators with multi-million dollar salaries and without proper channels of shared governance from either faculty and staff or the larger community.
Duke’s strategy has been to divide and conquer. We say instead: solidarity not austerity and CUT THE CUTS! Duke should be accountable to the people who make this university run, not those who treat it like a hedge fund.
Join us on February 6th for a rally outside East Campus. Meet at Trinity Park, 4:30pm.
