MaryBe McMillan to Retire: "It has truly been the honor of my life" NC State AFL-CIO

[Omaha Steve]

https://aflcionc.org/news/marybe-mcmillan-to-retire

MaryBe McMillan
05 Jun, 2025

Dear Union Family,

I am writing to share news. After 20 years as an officer of the NC State AFL-CIO, I have decided to retire and will not seek re-election at our convention in September. It has truly been the honor of my life to serve our members and work with such a dedicated group of leaders in the fight for economic justice.

I am proud of all that we have accomplished together. Our executive board has stepped up and taken more ownership of the state federation. We increased the number of local unions and number of union members affiliated and engaged with our state federation and central labor councils. And through strategic budgeting and smart investments, we built a strong financial foundation for the state fed and now have a reserve fund to maintain operations during a crisis.

We expanded support for union campaigns by hiring an organizing director and now a labor-community organizer. Our movement is growing and finally, we are seeing the investment and organizing we long advocated for in the South.

The state fed increased our social media presence and created an award-winning podcast series and traveling exhibit based on our state’s labor history. We now offer more training, including Advanced Labor School. We made our conventions and events more interactive to allow leaders to get to know each other and build solidarity across unions. And we launched a paid internship program to introduce young adults to the labor movement.

FULL story at link above.