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Unions Charge North Carolina Violating NAFTA Labor Rules
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More than 50 labor organizations in Mexico, the United States and
Canada, together representing several million workers, charged North
Carolina and the United States with labor rules established under
North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA). (Participating
organizations listed below.)
• Read the NAALC complaint [pdf format] ftp://www.ranknfile-ue.
org/naalc_complaint.pdf
The complaint charges that 650,000 public employees in North
Carolina are illegally denied the right to collective bargaining, a
violation of labor protections guaranteed by the North American
Agreement for Labor Cooperation (NAALC), the labor side agreement
to NAFTA. It was formally filed on October 17 in Mexico by the Frente
Autentico del Trabajo (FAT – the Authentic Labor Front.)
Frustration with the lack of collective bargaining and effective voice
on the job has led to increasing protests by North Carolina public
employees. The most dramatic recent instance was a strike by Raleigh
sanitation workers on September 13 and 14.
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Employee Rights NLRB
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The National Labor Relations Act extends rights to many private-
sector employees including the right to organize and bargain with
their employer collectively. Employees covered by the Act are
protected from certain types of employer and union misconduct and
have the right to attempt to form a union where none currently
exists.
Examples of Your Rights As An Employee Under the
NLRA Are:
Forming, or attempting to form, a union among the employees of your
employer.
Joining a union whether the union is recognized by your employer or
not.
Assisting a union in organizing your fellow employees.
Engaging in protected concerted activities. Generally, "protected
concerted activity" is group activity which seeks to modify wages or
working conditions.
Refusing to do any or all of these things. However, the union and
employer, in a State where such agreements are permitted, may
enter into a lawful union-security clause requiring employees to pay
union dues and fees.
The NLRA forbids employers from interfering with, restraining, or
coercing employees in the exercise of rights relating to organizing,
forming, joining or assisting a labor organization for collective
bargaining purposes, or engaging in protected concerted activities,
or refraining from any such activity. Similarly, labor organizations may
not restrain or coerce employees in the exercise of these rights.
Click on National Labor Relations Act to access the full text of the
law.
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