Group lobbies to end N.C. government bargaining ban

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The Associated Press
© June 15, 2010

RALEIGH, N.C.

A coalition of workers' rights groups says North Carolina's public workers are unfairly treated because of a 51-year-old state law expressly banning collective bargaining for government employees.

Advocates called the N.C. HOPE Coalition have scheduled a lobbying day at the Legislative Building today to urge lawmakers to repeal the 1959 ban on state and local governments entering into collective bargaining deals with their employees.

North Carolina and Virginia are the only states with such bans. A bill similar to those filed in the House and Senate got through one committee in 2007 but went no further.

The coalition also plans a news conference today near the General Assembly.

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Law reform

Submitted by aw on Tue, 06/15/2010 at 8:48 am.

I admire groups which try to get these antiquated laws off the books.
In my opinion, the reason so many of these laws still exist, is because they
work for the business, not the workers.

For instance, the state of Virginia calls its self a "Commonwealth" state. My understanding of "Commonwealth" means for the betterment of the people. One would think "all" the people. Yet Virginia still has the Contributory Negligent law. With so many military families from different states, which are sent to Virginia to serve, why has Virginia not made the appropriate reform of this law? Isn't the whole point of our legal system to obtain truth and justice for all????