A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT providing labor organizations with the unabridged right to enter into labor agreements and repealing RESTRICTIONS on labor organizing by public employees.
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
SECTION 1.(a)  Article 10 of Chapter 95 of the General Statutes reads as rewritten:
"Article 10.
"Declaration of Policy as to Labor Organizations.
"§ 95‑78.  Declaration of public policy.
The right to live includes the right to work. The exercise of the right to work must be protected and maintained free from undue restraints and coercion. It is hereby declared to be the public policy of North Carolina that the right of persons to work shall not be denied or abridged. It is further declared to be the public policy of North Carolina that the rights of labor organizations and associations to enter into labor agreements shall not be denied or abridged.
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"§ 95‑81.  Nonmembership as condition of employment prohibited.
No person shall be required by an employer to abstain or refrain from membership in any labor union or labor organization as a condition of employment or continuation of employment.
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"§ 95‑83.  Recovery of damages by persons denied employment.
Any person who may be denied employment or be deprived of continuation of the person's employment in violation of G.S. 95‑81 shall be entitled to recover from the employer and from any other person, firm, corporation, or association acting in concert with the employer by appropriate action in the courts of this State such damages as the person may have sustained by reason of the denial or deprivation of employment.
"§ 95‑84.  Application of Article.
The provisions of this Article shall not apply to any lawful contract in force on the effective date hereof but they shall apply in all respects to contracts entered into thereafter and to any renewal or extension of any existing contract."
SECTION 1.(b)  Article 12 of Chapter 95 of the General Statutes is repealed.
SECTION 2.  This act is effective when it becomes law and applies to agreements entered into on or after that date.