Source:Gary D. Robertson, FAYETTEVILLE OBSERVER, 11/15/17
North Carolina’s only farmworker union and some members sued Wednesday to block a law limiting organized labor’s activities in and around the state’s vegetable and tobacco fields and other agricultural operations. The lawsuit called the lawsuit unconstitutional and discriminatory.A last-minute House amendment inserted into the General Assembly’s annual farm law last summer prohibits farming operations from collecting union dues from workers. For more of this story, click here.
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