GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA

SESSION 1993

S	1 

SENATE BILL 816

Short Title:  Labor Org's./Gov't. Confer.	(Public)
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Sponsors: Senators Ballance; and Jordan.
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Referred to:  Manufacturing and Labor.
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April 12, 1993

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT TO PROVIDE THAT GOVERNMENT AGENCIES SHALL CONFER WITH LABOR ORGANIZATIONS REGARDING EMPLOYMENT PROPOSALS.
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
Section 1. G.S. 95-98 reads as rewritten:
"§ 95-98. Contracts between units of government and labor unions, trade unions or labor organizations concerning public employees declared to be illegal; government entities shall confer with labor organizations on employment proposals.
(a)	Any agreement, or contract, between the governing authority of any city, town, county, or other municipality, or between any agency, unit, or instrumentality thereof, or between any agency, instrumentality, or institution of the State of North Carolina, and any labor union, trade union, or labor organization, as bargaining agent for any public employees of such city, town, county or other municipality, or agency or instrumentality of government, is hereby declared to be against the public policy of the State, illegal, unlawful, void and of no effect.
(b)	Whenever proposals relative to salaries or other conditions of employment are presented by a labor union, trade union, or labor organization representing employees of any city, town, county, or other municipality, agency, or instrumentality of government, that government entity or its designated representative or representatives shall meet, confer, and discuss such proposals with the organization submitting the proposal."
Sec. 2. This act is effective upon ratification.