North Carolina who was recently sued by Mexico for labor rights violations is at it again, coercing

[Omaha Steve]

http://anti-union.blogspot.com/2008/02/north-carolina-whos-worker-rights-are.html

Not a labor friendly state by a long shot

North Carolina already has a law which prevents any government agency—state, county, or local—from negotiating with an organized group representing its employees. This prevents these agencies from engaging in business practices as they see fit, and it prevents workers from joining forces to protect their rights.

From my article at UnionReview (11-10-07): North Carolina Violates NAFTA ?? - Right to Freely Associate/Organize/Bargain Collectively

By the verbage, can you tell where the map is from?




The ILO (International Labor Organisation) had filed a complaint in Oct.06 - and now (11-07) Mexico's government has called for immediate answers to questions on the progress in gaining collective bargaining rights for public sector workers in the US state of North Carolina.

The US, Mexico, and Canada share the North America Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA), in which a side accord, the North American Agreement on Labour Cooperation (NAALC), is being used to challenge the lack of labor rights in North Carolina.

Now comes even more news from WVEC.Com(ABC local news in NC) on how bad being a civil servant in North Carolina can be:

Injured man fighting for workman's comp
Reported by: Lindsey Roberts
Television Link

HERTFORD CO., NC – An employee for the county is fighting over worker's compensation. He's asked to remain anonymous.

"When I had the accident I could tell then I was hurt," he said. "They x-rayed and said everything was going to be fine -- it was just probably going to be sore a right good little while."

FULL story at link.

[Warpy]

1. Thanks to the UMW, both NM and Colorado

are closed shop states, where union membership can be a requirement to hold specific jobs.

The best jobs I ever had were in closed shops. Even a bad union is better than no union.

I can tell where the author of this map is at, "forced unionism," my ass. If you are stupid enough to think you hate unions, work someplace else or go into another line of work, entirely.