Braxton Winston

Environment / Energy All work, from factories to classrooms, should be done in a safe working environment. Criminal Justice / Public Safety 3. Fully staff our workforce to uphold public safety Criminal Justice / Public Safety Making it a priority that our workforce is fully staffed to uphold public safety. Criminal Justice / Public Safety Uplifting populations destabilized due to interactions with the criminal justice system. The best way to keep people out of cycles of recidivism is to ensure they are able to secure a job. By making training more readily available for the future workforce, more people will have the ability to become employed. Defense / Veterans Eliminating homelessness in North Carolina with a focus on our veteran population. We must ensure that our veterans and their families have on-ramps to jobs when their sacrifices to our state and nation are complete. Infrastructure / Transportation Everyone in NC lives within 30 miles of a Community College. There is opportunity to reach every North Carolinian and fill critical infrastructure and supply-chain jobs by investing in work-based learning programs in our NC Community College System. Infrastructure / Transportation Providing dependable access to transportation. As Commissioner of Labor, I will work with public and private partners in our local communities to take advantage of the historic Federal infrastructure resources on behalf of North Carolina workers. Communities that are accessible empower their workers – and these same communities become desirable for businesses to come to and workers to live in. Dependable access to work advances economic development. Environment / Energy Ensuring that all workers go to work in a safe environment. Education To achieve digital equity, we must ensure all North Carolinians, regardless of their zip code, have access to jobs, training, and education both physically and digitally. And we have the funding to make real strides. As your next Commissioner of Labor, I will advocate for every North Carolinian’s access to the high-speed internet they need to participate in the jobs of today while preparing for the workplaces of tomorrow.