Opinion
Time to celebrate and protect worker freedom
A right-to-work law simply means that a union cannot get a worker fired for not paying them.
Opinion
Tell the union bosses to take a hike
Chapter 95, Article 10, of the North Carolina General Statues harbors one of the most powerful sentiments that has maintained its prominence in the Tar Heel State for almost 75 years: “The right to live includes the right to work.” On March 18, 1947, North Carolina’s right-to-work law was ratified, and since then, the freedom...
Opinion
Union coercion threatens hardworking North Carolinians
If you ask Democrats what led to the rise of the middle class, they will credit the labor unions. This could not be further from the truth. If unions are the bastions of societal progress as they’re claimed to be by the left, then why has there been a mass exodus of workers from unions...
Opinion
Can Biden resist deeper attacks on capitalism?
Much has already been written about Joe Biden’s presidency. His plans that will expand the size and scope of the federal government receive the most attention. Biden quickly pushed a $1.9 trillion coronavirus relief package through Congress, despite unanimous Republican opposition. This was on top of $3 trillion of relief passed while Donald Trump was...
News
Republican Council of State majority will make policy impacts
Republicans can take a breath, even if their signature red is mixed with myriad shades of blue. They keep control of the N.C. Council of State, 6-4, albeit with narrow margins in all the races. The results remain unofficial. Elections officials are dealing with 41,000 provisional and 94,900 outstanding absentee ballots, which either will be...
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Boosting public employee unions would cost taxpayers plenty, study says
Taxpayers could pay an extra $1.32 billion if public employees win the ability to collectively bargain, says a report by the John Locke Foundation. North Carolina has banned government employees from collective bargaining for 60 years. Repealing the prohibition would increase government spending by $889 million to $1.32 billion — creating a burden of up...
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CJ politics week in review, Oct. 12-16
Each week, staff at Carolina Journal looks back at the week in N.C. politics and chooses several interesting, relevant stories you may have missed. Pro Act: Democratic U.S. Senate candidate Cal Cunningham has endorsed the Pro Act, federal legislation that would repeal all state right-to-work laws. Right to work protects employees from being forced to...
Opinion
The impending creep of unionization into North Carolina
In February 2019, after months of negotiation, Western North Carolina’s Mission Hospital was sold to HCA Healthcare, the nation’s largest for-profit hospital company. HCA Healthcare owns 184 hospitals across the U.S. and United Kingdom. Mission is its first hospital in North Carolina. After the sale, complaints from residents were filed in the attorney general’s office, and, on Feb....
Opinion
The voices of those pushing labor unions — in N.C. and nationally — will only get louder
North Carolina law bans government agencies from making contracts with unions and bans public employees from striking. Some people, in North Carolina and throughout America, want to change that. Those people are getting louder. In February, a faction of the N.C. Association of Educators held a webinar, during which candidates for the top two positions...
News
Pro-union measure passes U.S. House
The Democratic majority in the U.S. House has approved a massive pro-labor union bill that’s unlikely to make it past the Republican-led U.S. Senate. But the legislation’s agenda could pose a threat to North Carolina’s gig economy if federal power shifts further left in 2021, experts say. After a few hours of debate Thursday, Feb....
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Pro-union bill in U.S. House a serious threat to gig economy in North Carolina
North Carolina’s “gig economy” would take a major hit under a pro-labor union bill that may soon be heard in the U.S. House, experts say. House Resolution 2474, “Protecting the Right to Organize Act,” is a nightmarish collection of pro-union provisions that could wither state economies and hurt individual workers, say several economists and researchers....
