Naacp of North Carolina

Workers at Smithfield Packing's Wilson Plant Need Union, NC NAACP Declares

Leaders from the North Carolina NAACP, including State President William Barber and Wilson Branch President Alonzo Braggs joined with workers and representatives from the United Food and Commercial Workers Union on April 20 to support workers in their bid for a union at Smithfield Packing Company's Wilson, NC bacon facility. The union recently won an election at the company's largest hog slaughterhouse 90 miles away. The NAACP has a historic relationship with the UFCW and with the labor movement, working together for economic empowerment of working people.

Collective Bargaining Rights for Public Empoyees Supported By NC NAACP

NC NAACP leader speaks in support of public employee collective bargaining and against Jim Crow era statue-NC 95-9.

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Dramatic Union Victory By Smithfield Workers

Statement by Rev. Dr. William Barber, president of the NC NAACP, on the union victory at the Smithfield Plant in Tarheel:

There has always been an intrinsic and inextricable connection between the civil rights movement and the labor movement.  We in the NCNAACP are proud to have, over the last few years, stood,  marched, prayed, and worked with working people in their fight for a Union at the Smithfield Plant in Tarheel, North Carolina.  These every day hard-working human beings have tonight culminated years of struggle for simple justice with a victorious vote to unionize the plant.  This is a mighty move of justice and fairness for everyday workers in North Carolina.