Raleigh, NC – State lawmakers returned to town today to find about a hundred and fifty disappointed but determined North Carolinians here to greet them with a clamorous protest they are not likely to soon forget. Fed up with actions taken by the General Assembly to enrich and empower the few at the expense of the rest, people from different walks of life – young and old, working and unemployed, gay and straight – united on Bicentennial Mall for a cacerolazo – a Pots & Spoons Protest – the first-of-its-kind protest of our out-of-control state legislature. Learn more at www.AFLCIONC.org. May 16, 2012.