Bill Summary for H 504 (2023-2024)

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Mar 28 2023

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House Bill 504 (Public) Filed Tuesday, March 28, 2023
AN ACT PROVIDING LABOR ORGANIZATIONS WITH THE UNABRIDGED RIGHT TO ENTER INTO LABOR AGREEMENTS AND REPEALING RESTRICTIONS ON LABOR ORGANIZING BY PUBLIC EMPLOYEES.
Intro. by Morey, Autry, Alston, Butler.

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Repeals GS 95-79, which made illegal (1) an agreement between an employer and any labor union or labor organization where persons who were not members are denied the right to work for the employer, where membership is a condition of employment, or where the union or organization acquires an employment monopoly in any enterprise or (2) any provision that conditions the purchase of agricultural products, the terms of an agreement for the purchase of agricultural products, or the terms of an agreement not to sue or settle litigation upon an agricultural producer's status as a union or nonunion employer or entry into or refusal to enter into an agreement with a labor union or labor organization. Amends GS 95-78 to make it the State's public policy that the right of persons to work must not be denied or abridged (was, denied or abridged on account of membership or non-membership in any labor union or labor organization or association). Also declares it to be public policy that the rights of labor organizations and associations to enter into labor agreements must not be denied or abridged.

Makes conforming deletions of GS 95-80 (prohibiting membership in labor organizations as a condition of employment) and GS 95-82 (prohibiting payment of dues as a condition of employment).

Amends GS 95-83 by making conforming and clarifying changes.

Repeals Article 12 of GS Chapter 95, concerning units of government and labor unions, trade unions, and labor organizations, and public employee strikes.