As part of Southern trend, Elizabeth City workers strike for better pay
As part of Southern trend, Elizabeth City workers strike for better pay By Dante Strobino posted on July 7, 2021 Elizabeth City, N.C., strike, June 30 Durham, N.C. After three years of receiving zero pay raises and working 16 months through a global pandemic with no recognition or hazard pay, city workers in Elizabeth City, N.C., staged a two-day work stoppage June 29-30. The Black-majority workers in the city’s Public Works and Water and Sewer departments were upset by City Council’s vote to deny their proposed raise this year. Upon coming to work June 29, workers self-organized, loa...