State of North Carolina Archives: on Jobs
Cheri Beasley:
Strong supporter of labor movement, PRO Act
Cheri will fight for the dignity of work, and that North Carolinians deserve fair wages, safe working conditions and the ability to work and build a business in an environment free from discrimination.
A former member of SEIU, she is a strong supporter of the labor movement and the Pro [Protecting the Right to Organize] Act as well as the Paycheck Fairness Act.
Source: 2022 N.C. Senate campaign website CheriBeasley.com
Dec 1, 2021
Marjorie K. Eastman:
Expand childcare and maternity leave so women able to work
Our economy works best when everybody has a seat at the table, and that is not the case right now. Marjorie will be a tireless advocate for expanding accommodations for childcare and maternity leave in the workplace so
that women of all backgrounds are not forced to decide between caring for their families or their own financial livelihood.
Source: 2021 N.C. Senate campaign website MarjorieKEastman.com
Oct 20, 2021
Paul Wright:
End outsourcing of our middle class jobs overseas
JOBS for AMERICANS--The Senate must end outsourcing of our middle class jobs overseas to other nations and the destruction of our once great economy.
Who are we pleasing with this current policy? Let us reverse course and help American families and American young people with productive manufacturing jobs like we once had.
Source: 2016 Campaign website for N.C. Senate, WrightForUSSenate.com
Nov 11, 2015
Richard Burr:
I voted to extend unemployment three times; that's enough
When Marshall jabbed Burr for voting three times against extension of unemployment benefits, Burr fired back."I voted three times to pay for unemployment (benefits)," he said, explaining that the
Senate had waived its pay-as-you-go policy to extend the benefits. "We're $13 trillion in debt. The answer is to stop spending. Americans are saying 'enough'. The answer is, let's stop spending."
Source: Charlotte Observer coverage of 2010 N.C. Senate debate
Jun 27, 2010
Sandy Smith:
Free-market capitalism instead of affirmative action
Q: Do you support or oppose the statement, "Legally require hiring more women/minorities"?
A: Strongly Oppose--I support free-market capitalism.
Source: OnTheIssues.org interview of 2020 N.C. Senate candidates
Jul 21, 2019
Roy Cooper:
Our expanding workforce is more diverse and more inclusive
Yep, our talented, educated workers are the foundation of our economic success. And we've succeeded in expanding that workforce to be more diverse and more inclusive. Like with veterans who served our great country, people with disabilities,
formerly incarcerated people who've paid their debt to society. All are becoming integral parts of our workforce because we are being intentional about making it happen.
Source: 2023 State of the State Address to the N.C. legislature
Mar 6, 2023
Andy Wells:
Don't make religious federal workers work on their Sabbath
Q: What's your take on the two recent Supreme Court rulings?A: "The Court's rulings on ‘Affirmative Action' and ‘Freedom of Religion' were right. I support both."
Explanation from Ogletree.com: On June 29, 2023, the U.S. Supreme Court
revived an employee's religious discrimination lawsuit, unanimously holding that to deny a sincere religious accommodation request under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act, employers must show that the burden of granting it "would result in substantial
increased costs in relation to the conduct of its particular business." In the unanimous ruling in Groff v. DeJoy, the Supreme Court upended a longstanding standard that had allowed employers to deny a religious accommodation under Title VII as an undue
hardship, by claiming it would impose a more than "de minimis" cost. The ruling sides with a former postal employee who had brought Title VII claims against the Postal Service over its refusal not to schedule him to work on Sundays, his Sabbath day.
Source: Ogletree.com FactCheck on 2024 N.C. website AndyWells.org
Dec 23, 2023
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