North Carolina 2025-2026 Regular Session

North Carolina Senate Bill S120 Compare Versions

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1	1		GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA
2	2		SESSION 2025
3		-	S 1
4		-	SENATE BILL 120
	3	+	S D
	4	+	SENATE BILL DRS45065-LR-50
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7	8		Short Title: Remove Barriers to Labor Organizing. (Public)
8	9		Sponsors: Senators Grafstein, Meyer, and Murdock (Primary Sponsors).
9		-	Referred to: ~~Rules and Operations of the Senate~~
10		-	~~February 21, 2025~~
11		-	~~S120 -v-1~~
	10	+	Referred to:
	11	+
	12	+	DRS45065 -LR-50
12	13		A BILL TO BE ENTITLED 1
13	14		AN ACT PROVIDING LABOR ORGANIZATIONS WITH THE UNABRIDGED RIGHT TO 2
14	15		ENTER INTO LABOR AGREEMENTS AND REPEALING RESTRICTIONS ON LABOR 3
15	16		ORGANIZING BY PUBLIC EMPLOYEES. 4
16	17		The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts: 5
17	18		SECTION 1.(a) Article 10 of Chapter 95 of the General Statutes reads as rewritten: 6
18	19		"Article 10. 7
19	20		"Declaration of Policy as to Labor Organizations. 8
20	21		"§ 95-78. Declaration of public policy. 9
21	22		The right to live includes the right to work. The exercise of the right to work must be protected 10
22	23		and maintained free from undue restraints and coercion. It is hereby declared to be the public 11
23	24		policy of North Carolina that the right of persons to work shall not be denied or abridged on 12
24	25		account of membership or nonmembership in any labor union or labor organization or 13
25	26		association.abridged. It is further declared to be the public policy of North Carolina that the rights 14
26	27		of labor organizations and associations to enter into labor agreements shall not be denied or 15
27	28		abridged. 16
28	29		"§ 95-79. Certain agreements declared illegal. 17
29	30		(a) Any agreement or combination between any employer and any labor union or labor 18
30	31		organization whereby persons not members of such union or organization shall be denied the 19
31	32		right to work for said employer, or whereby such membership is made a condition of employment 20
32	33		or continuation of employment by such employer, or whereby any such union or organization 21
33	34		acquires an employment monopoly in any enterprise, is hereby declared to be against the public 22
34	35		policy and an illegal combination or conspiracy in restraint of trade or commerce in the State of 23
35	36		North Carolina. 24
36	37		(b) Any provision that directly or indirectly conditions the purchase of agricultural 25
37	38		products, the terms of an agreement for the purchase of agricultural products, or the terms of an 26
38	39		agreement not to sue or settle litigation upon an agricultural producer's status as a union or 27
39	40		nonunion employer or entry into or refusal to enter into an agreement with a labor union or labor 28
40	41		organization is invalid and unenforceable as against public policy in restraint of trade or 29
41	42		commerce in the State of North Carolina. Further, notwithstanding G.S. 95-25.8, an agreement 30
42	43		requiring an agricultural producer to transfer funds to a labor union or labor organization for the 31
43	44		purpose of paying an employee's membership fee or dues is invalid and unenforceable against 32
44	45		public policy in restraint of trade or commerce in the State of North Carolina. For purposes of 33
45	46		this subsection, the term "agricultural producer" means any producer engaged in any service or 34
46	47		activity included within the provisions of section 3(f) of the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938, 35
47		-	29 U.S.C. § 203, or section 3121(g) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, 26 U.S.C. § 3121. 36 General Assembly Of North Carolina Session 2025
48		-	Page 2 Senate Bill 120-First Edition
	48	+	29 U.S.C. § 203, or section 3121(g) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, 26 U.S.C. § 3121. 36
	49	+	FILED SENATE
	50	+	Feb 18, 2025
	51	+	S.B. 120
	52	+	PRINCIPAL CLERK General Assembly Of North Carolina Session 2025
	53	+	Page 2 DRS45065-LR-50
49	54		"§ 95-80. Membership in labor organization as condition of employment prohibited. 1
50	55		No person shall be required by an employer to become or remain a member of any labor 2
51	56		union or labor organization as a condition of employment or continuation of employment by such 3
52	57		employer. 4
53	58		"§ 95-81. Nonmembership as condition of employment prohibited. 5
54	59		No person shall be required by an employer to abstain or refrain from membership in any 6
55	60		labor union or labor organization as a condition of employment or continuation of employment. 7
56	61		"§ 95-82. Payment of dues as condition of employment prohibited. 8
57	62		No employer shall require any person, as a condition of employment or continuation of 9
58	63		employment, to pay any dues, fees, or other charges of any kind to any labor union or labor 10
59	64		organization. 11
60	65		"§ 95-83. Recovery of damages by persons denied employment. 12
61	66		Any person who may be denied employment or be deprived of continuation of his the person's 13
62	67		employment in violation of G.S. 95-80, 95-81 and 95-82 or of one or more of such sections, 14
63	68		G.S. 95-81 shall be entitled to recover from such the employer and from any other person, firm, 15
64	69		corporation, or association acting in concert with him the employer by appropriate action in the 16
65	70		courts of this State such damages as he the person may have sustained by reason of such the 17
66	71		denial or deprivation of employment. 18
67	72		"§ 95-84. Application of Article. 19
68	73		The provisions of this Article shall not apply to any lawful contract in force on the effective 20
69	74		date hereof but they shall apply in all respects to contracts entered into thereafter and to any 21
70	75		renewal or extension of any existing contract." 22
71	76		SECTION 1.(b) Article 12 of Chapter 95 of the General Statutes is repealed. 23
72	77		SECTION 2. This act is effective when it becomes law and applies to agreements 24
73	78		entered into on or after that date. 25