JOB APPLICANTS AND HIGH SCHOOL GRADUATES SEEKING WORK

(December 2007)

 

	Registered for Work	Over 6 Months Experience
Bladen County	1,073	72%
Brunswick County	4,517	80%
Columbus County	2,877	79%
Cumberland County	14,175	76%
Hoke County	1,742	73%
New Hanover County	6,641	81%
Pender County	1,703	77%
Richmond County	3,288	68%
Robeson County	7,086	65%
Sampson County	3,043	68%
Scotland County	2,547	73%
North Carolina’s Southeast	48,692	74%
Fayetteville MSA1	14,175	76%
Wilmington MSA2	12,861	80%
North Carolina	350,154	56%

 

 

1 Cumberland County
2 Brunswick, New Hanover, and Pender Counties

Source: Employment Security Commission of North Carolina.

 

 

LABOR CLIMATE

North Carolina is an “at will” employment state and one of 21 states with a “right-to-work” law. The North Carolina right-to-work law reads:

“It is hereby declared to be in the public policy of North Carolina that the right of persons to work shall not be denied or abridged on account of membership or non-membership in any labor union or labor organization or association.”

Closed shops and union shops are not permitted. An employer may not require an employee to join a union, nor may an employer require an employee to refrain from joining a union.