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.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 95-98
Contracts between units of government and labor unions, trade unions or labor organizations concerning public employees declared to be illegal
Applied in 12 court decisions — leading case Jones v. North Carolina Prisoners' Labor Union, Inc. (1977)
Most recently applied in Laborers Local 236 v. Walker (April 2014)
1959, c. 742.
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Official source: North Carolina General Assembly. Reproduced from public-domain North Carolina statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.