Unions

Sanitation workers in Durham who demanded pay raises, bonuses and permanent work last week have ended their strike to "keep their commitment to the community."

This week, graduate students enrolled in PhD programs at Duke University will receive ballots in the mail to vote on whether to form a labor union. If more students vote for the union than against, they’ll become the first recognized graduate student union in the South.

The National Labor Relations Board ruled that Duke University graduate students can hold a union vote later this month, rejecting a challenge from the university.

WUNC Capitol Bureau Chief Colin Campbell spoke with Ardis Watkins, the executive director of SEANC, about the decision to make the split.

He found his calling in a liberal college town, but no university degrees were needed for the fights Phil Cohen would go on to pick with union busters.…

It hasn’t been an easy sell for Charles French to convince his fellow colleagues in the Greensboro Sanitation Department to join the city’s first union.“A…

The Asheville nonprofit Just Economics has been pushing for local businesses to pay a living wage. Just Economics has calculated that individuals need an…

The Asheville nonprofit Just Economics has been pushing for local businesses to pay a living wage. Just Economics has calculated that individuals need an…

In 2008, the United Food and Commercial Workers (UFCW) union and Smithfield Foods in Tar Heel, NC reached an agreement to end a 16-year fight for better…

In 2008, the United Food and Commercial Workers (UFCW) union and Smithfield Foods in Tar Heel, NC reached an agreement to end a 16-year fight for better…