N.C. AFL-CIO Executive Board Visits Governor Cooper

BCTGM International

Representatives Randy Fulk and Derrick Byrd and representatives from BCTGM Locals were among more than 160 labor activists who attended the 2023 North Carolina Labor Legislative Conference in Raleigh, N.C. in early February.

During the two-day conference, the N.C. State AFL-CIO set its 2023-24 legislative agenda focused on creating good jobs, healthy communities and shared prosperity for working families. Attendees visited members of the North Carolina General Assembly to push for Medicaid and Broadband expansion. Guest speakers included North Carolina Attorney General Josh Stein and AFL-CIO Government Affairs Director Bill Samuel among others.

Fulk and Byrd were accompanied by members of Local 317T (Greensboro, N.C.) and Local 176T (Durham, N.C.). This was the first time the conference has been held in person since 2019, before the pandemic.

Fulk, who also serves as a Vice President and member of the N.C. State AFL-CIO Executive Board, joined MaryBe McMillan, President of the N.C. State AFL-CIO, and other members of the Executive Board, for a reception and discussion hosted by Governor Roy Cooper at the Governor’s Mansion.