Berger: Perdue Should Stand Up to NLRB, Encourage NC Job Growth

Senate President Pro Tempore Phil Berger (R-Rockingham) on Thursday urged Gov. Beverly Perdue to stand up to the federal government and defend North Carolina’s right-to-work status, the state’s most important jobs law that gives North Carolina a competitive edge over other states competing for new businesses.

The National Labor Relations Board is blocking companies from doing business in right-to-work states in the Southeast, a dangerous precedent that could keep job creators in North Carolina from putting people back to work and recovering from one of the most grueling economic recessions in history.

General Assembly leaders sent a letter to the head of the NLRB last month expressing concerns about federal officials telling businesses where they can and cannot create jobs.

Today, a former chair of the North Carolina Democratic Party spoke out against the NLRB in a Charlotte Observer op-ed, and the U.S. House of Representatives passed a bill preventing similar roadblocks in the future.

But Perdue has remained silent on the issue, despite double-digit unemployment rates that have thousands of citizens searching for work.

“Our business-friendly labor laws are a key reason companies choose North Carolina,” Berger said. “It’s a shame Gov. Perdue remains silent as protections for job creators are attacked by unions and their advocates in the Obama administration. We need a governor who fights this and all obstacles to job creation.”

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