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Why organize?
I’m frequently asked what the benefits of belonging to a union are. Our Political Coordinator, Christopher Anderson, passed along this Twitter post detailing the benefits of belonging to a union. Matthew Hahn, the writer, lives in California which has better worker protection laws and a more labor-friendly climate than North Carolina but even here, in…
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Joining vs Working with 417
Joining the union is a fairly involved process. Working with the union through the hiring hall not so much. You don’t have to be a member of the union to work with us. Local 417’s jurisdiction covers most of the eastern half of North Carolina and live event production services that are not movie and…