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Bev Perdue thinks we should let Alcoa's lease expire and take back the rights to the power generated by the Yadkin River:
The Progressive Democrats of North Carolina will meet on Saturday, July 31, at the Holiday Inn Bordeaux in Fayetteville prior to the NCDP State Convention (see below).
PDNC Membership Meeting: 9:30 am - 11:30 am
Location: Room TBA
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2010 NCDP State Convention
North Carolina Democratic Party
2010 State Convention Weekend
Holiday Inn Bordeaux
1707 Owen Drive
Fayetteville, NC 28304
July 30-August 1, 2010
RESERVATIONS
The plight of the workers at Case Farms in Morganton serves as another example of North Carolina's long history of anti-unionism and worker exploitation.
The hardships that the meat packing plant employees have been forced to endure should have caught the attention of the state's lawmakers long ago, and in any other state they would have.
In a few days you should be receiving the first PDNC Newsletter via email. We've decided that Gene Messick shouldn't be the only one sending out the talking points! Progressive issues, actions, endorsements and news are what we want to share with you each month. Comments are welcome and we'll even feature the best of them in the next edition.
When you do get your newsletter, please give us your feedback. If you're not already a registered user, sign up, it's easy and then leave a comment on this thread.
PDNC has released a statement today that calls for the North Carolina Democratic Party to lead the fight against political corruption. We have invited Party Chair David Young (see the letter below in this post) to join us in making sure that the necessary reforms are put into place. We need to make sure that the scandals that have discredited our party in recent years--with the revelations that have surfaced in the Easely hearings being just the latest outrage in a string of far too many-will not continue to damage the Democratic Party or the democratic process.
