What prohibits collective bargaining by NC public employees?
Technically, collective bargaining by public employees is not illegal. General Statute 95-98 nullifies certain agreements and contracts. It has the intended effect of making collective bargaining pointless. It reads: “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. (1959, c. 742.) (see Question #19 to contrast with Iowa’s law). Return to the top.
Technically, collective bargaining by public employees is not illegal. General Statute 95-98 nullifies certain agreements and contracts. It has the intended effect of making collective bargaining pointless. It reads: “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. (1959, c. 742.) (see Question #19 to contrast with Iowa’s law). Return to the top.
