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N.C.’s Right to Work law turns 75, experts weigh in on workers’ rights
RALEIGH — North Carolina on Friday, March 18, will celebrate the 75th anniversary of its Right to Work law.
Medical marijuana, expanding Medicaid on agenda when lawmakers return for 2022 short session this spring
RALEIGH — The 2021 session of the General Assembly began in January, as the world was entering its second year of the pandemic. The hope was the COVID fog would lift, allowing a return to normalcy, at least in a relative sense, and that lawmakers could go about business as usual.
Questionable criteria on N.C. worker ranking begs a deeper dive
RALEIGH — North Carolina’s economic health seems strong. Taxes are low, cost of living is below average, and a recent CNBC study gave the state a No. 2 ranking as “Best for Business” because of solid growth, quality workforce, business friendliness, and technology.
Major anniversary approaches for N.C. right-to-work protections
RALEIGH — "The right to live includes the right to work.”
That simple statement opens the text of a state law that has helped boost North Carolina’s economic competitiveness for nearly 75 years.
Democrats, unions fighting legislative move to open disciplinary records
RALEIGH — A bill that would open disciplinary records of government employees is crawling through the Senate, and employee unions and Democrats are determined to kill it.
General Assembly to consider adding ‘right-to-work’ to N.C. Constitution
RALEIGH — The General Assembly will consider a measure to enshrine North Carolina’s right-to-work policies in the state constitution.
CDC: Students can be 3 feet apart in most scenarios
ROCKINGHAM — Students can now sit a little closer together in class, according to federal health officials.
Labor commissioner debate exposes differences on state reopening
RALEIGH — Reopening the economy during COVID-19 is a hotly contested issue in the race for N.C. Commissioner of Labor.
Biden will be ‘most pro-union president since FDR,’ wife says at news conference
RALEIGH — Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden “will be the most pro-union president since [Franklin Roosevelt],” Jill Biden said of her husband Monday during a teleconference sponsored by a nurses’ union. “He will govern with the understanding that health care is a right, not a privilege.”
OP-ED: This Labor Day, celebrate the freedom and prosperity of North Carolina’s Right to Work law
This Labor Day, we celebrate America’s working men and women, many of whom are going the extra mile during this COVID-19 pandemic.