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Sat Apr 25, 2020, 06:32 PM Apr 2020

New coalition on left presses inequality issues during pandemic, beyond

RALEIGH, N.C. — A new coalition of left-leaning groups came together over the last month and a half, and it's pushing state leaders to address economic inequality as government responds to COVID-19 and longer term.

The group, NC United for Survival & Beyond, lists some 200 organizations as members. Many are smaller grassroots operations, but some are larger players in North Carolina politics, including the North Carolina Association of Educators, the state's AFL-CIO branch and the Sierra Club.

Coalition members paraded in their vehicles past Republican Senate President Pro Tem Phil Berger's home in Rockingham County on Friday, a group spokeswoman said, honking horns and banging pots and pans at 10 a.m. The group said 30 cars participated.

The coalition also organized a banner drop targeting Berger earlier in the week.

Read more: https://www.wral.com/new-coalition-on-left-presses-inequality-issues-during-pandemic-beyond/19068968/

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