RALEIGH — The unemployment rate in North Carolina and around the country may be flirting with double digits, but that isn’t preventing the U.S. Department of Labor from tight enforcement of employment laws.
RALEIGH — Among the bills a lame-duck session might consider are the cap-and-trade bill; the Employee Free Choice Act (aka card check); and some combination of taxes and spending recommended by President Obama’s deficit commission, which is due to issue its findings Dec. 1.
RALEIGH — People are quitting AARP, believing the group has embraced a partisan, left-wing agenda. Officials with the organization deny AARP has taken sides. But those officials appear unconcerned about the defections.
RALEIGH — In early 2000, the Wake County Board of Education adopted a school assignment policy based on family income, which the board says is necessary to improve the educational outcomes of economically disadvantaged students and balance schools across the district. But North Carolina end-of-grade test data show student achievement for economically disadvantaged students in Wake County has declined since income-based assignments were instituted.
Even in a state that forbids closed union shops, a federal card-check bill could have major negative consequences.
RALEIGH — Thirty-six years after his unsuccessful run for president, George McGovern attracted attention late last year for breaking with most Democrats on legislation dubbed the Employee Free Choice Act. George Leef, director of research for the Pope Center for Higher Education Policy, says McGovern deserves applause for opposing the bill. Leef discussed the issue with Donna Martinez for Carolina Journal Radio.
The state’s politicians keep saying they want to make North Carolina more competitive. They have a funny way of showing it.
There's no good reason to force workers to join a union. It's odd that many voters who claim to be "pro-choice" fail to apply their logic to union representation.
Many self-proclaimed pro-choice voters want to limit workers' choices in selecting or rejecting collective bargaining units.
The proposed Employee Free Choice Act would deprive millions of workers of their freedom of choice — proving that there is no truth-in-labeling rule in politics.
RALEIGH — U.S. Rep. Heath Shuler of North Carolina has been targeted by a radio advertisement campaign because of his support of a bill that would simplify the process in which workers could indicate their desire to unionize, but pro-business opponents of the measure say the changes would leave other employees vulnerable to pro-union intimidation tactics.
