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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, loading up their work trucks and driving to City Hall, where they surrounded the building, honking their horns and clogging up traffic. They refused to work the entire day. They gave the city a deadline of 7:00 p.m. the next day to get it right. The next day, they all caught the “blue flu” at 10:00 a.m., clocked out and began a sit-down occupation of the sidewalk surrounding City Hall. Comm
Jun. 12 ELIZABETH CITY Religious leaders, civil rights activists and other protesters gathered in Elizabeth City on Saturday, marching to the spot where Andrew Brown Jr. was killed by a sheriff's bullet and pledging to pursue justice and answers as attention strays from the slaying. The Rev. William Barber II and other leaders called for a mass demonstration, but drew a smaller crowd than .
Elizabeth City approves Black Lives Matter street mural. Here s when it could be completed
An exact cost is still unknown on how much the city will spend on the mural near downtown. Author: Alex Littlehales (WVEC) Updated: 9:28 PM EDT May 25, 2021
ELIZABETH CITY, N.C. The rallying cries and words of protest from Elizabeth City will soon be cemented in the downtown of the coastal North Carolina community.
On Monday, Elizabeth City s City Council approved a street mural for the stretch of Colonial Avenue near the Public Safety building and Pasquotank County Sheriff s Office to memorialize the Andrew Brown Jr. case, which has thrown the small community into the national spotlight.
The city council in Elizabeth City has voted to hire a painter to paint the message ‘BLACK LIVES MATTER’ on the street in front of the Sheriff department over the death of Andrew Brown Jr, who was shot by police as he attempted to run them over with this car.
MY FOX 8 – Elizabeth City will hire an artist to paint the words “Black Lives Matter” on the street that runs past the Pasquotank County Public Safety building.
Elizabeth City City Council voted 5-1 Monday night to move forward with the idea brought by Councilman Darius Horton, who said the city needs to send a message to those still upset by the killing of Andrew Brown Jr. by county sheriff’s deputies back on April 21.