Frances Perkins abolished child labor, created the 40-hour work week and dreamed up Social Security. Actress Caroline McIntyre will celebrate Perkins’ life and work at a benefit for The League of Women Voters and N.C. Stage Company.
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Postal workers, protesters rally this afternoon against service cuts
Local U.S. Postal Service workers and protesters — including members of Occupy Asheville and Occupy Hendersonville — will rally today at 1:30 p.m. in Pack Square Park to protest proposed cuts.
Unemployment dropped in Asheville area in November
With modest job gains, the Asheville metropolitan area saw unemployment drop to 7.5 percent in November — the second-lowest in the state — while unemployment in Buncombe County declined to 7.2 percent, according to numbers released by the state’s Division of Employment Security.
Survey: Asheville area 13th worst in the nation for finding a job
A survey conducted by employment services ManpowerGroup and published on Forbes magazine’s website rates the Asheville metropolitan area the 13th worst in the country for finding a job, with a net employment outlook of 0 percent.
Remembering the Marion Massacre: A meeting of the “Research Circle”
In the ongoing effort to help Marion come to grips with its own troubled history, researchers, storytellers and about 25 interested residents gathered June 29 at the M.A.C.A. Auditorium to discuss the area’s tumultuous labor strikes of 1929.
LIVE: Coverage of the Economic Crystal Ball Seminar
Tonight, two economists will lay out their forecasts for the coming year at the annual Crystal Ball Seminar at UNCA. Follow live Twitter coverage here.
Capitalists strike back?
Nathan Strong is obviously a dyed-in-the-wool communist, so nothing I say is going to change his mind, but for the people who might be swayed I thought I should respond to his letter [“Green Capitalism Still Sucks,” March 30 Xpress]. What he forgets is that most people work simply and purely for the money they […]
Remembering the Marion Massacre: A scrapbook
This scrapbook of news articles and photos chronicles the labor strikes of 1929 in Marion, N.C., which came to a bloody head when six picketing mill workers were fatally shot and dozens more were injured by local law enforcement. 
This is a companion piece to our March 29 cover story, “Mountain Shame.” Click the link to read the original article.
Mountain shame: Remembering the Marion Massacre
As the sun rose on the morning of Oct. 2, 1929, hundreds of picketing mill workers in Marion, N.C., found themselves in a deadly standoff with law enforcement. (photo by Jonathan Welch)
“Local” doesn’t guarantee ethical business
The recent article on the firing at Buchi Kombucha should serve as a reminder that “local” business doesn’t inherently mean fair business ["Bottled in Bond," Dec. 22 Xpress]. Often the economic re-localization movement presents “local” as a panacea for a wide variety of economic and social woes while ignoring the systemic pressures brought to bear […]
Rallies to respond to ICE raid
Two rallies have been planned for this weekend in the wake of the Aug. 12 Immigration and Customs Enforcement raid that netted 57 suspected illegal workers in Asheville.
Shuler sticks to pro-union vote
If you listen to local right-wing radio, perhaps you’ve heard them: Ads that disparage a proposed labor union reform bill and warn freshman Congressman Heath Shuler to vote against it. In Shuler’s case, it seems they wasted their time and money.