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N.C. Gen. Stat. § 95-81 (2026)

Nonmembership as condition of employment prohibited

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No person shall be required by an employer to abstain or refrain from membership in any labor union or labor organization as a  condition of employment or continuation of employment. (1947, c. 328, s. 4.)

 

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 10 cases, 1958–2013 · leading case: Coman v. Thomas Mfg. Co., 381 S.E.2d 445 (N.C. 1989).
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Coman v. Thomas Mfg. Co., 381 S.E.2d 445 (N.C. 1989). · cites it 6× “N.C.G.S. §§ 95-81, 95-83 (1985). An at-will employee has a course of action for discharge in retaliation for filing a workers' compensation claim.”
Bigelow v. Town of Chapel Hill, 745 S.E.2d 316 (N.C. Ct. App. 2013). · cites it 4× “N.C. Gen. Stat. § 95-81 states: “No person shall be required by an employer to abstain or refrain from membership in any labor union or labor organization as a condition of employment or continuation of employment.”
Hogan v. Forsyth Country Club Co., 340 S.E.2d 116 (N.C. Ct. App. 1986). “See G.S. 95-81 and 95-83 (denial of employment by reason of labor union membership prohibited), G.”
Norman v. Tradewinds Airlines, Inc., 286 F. Supp. 2d 575 (M.D.N.C. 2003). “, ¶ 17). Norman does not, however, allege that TradeWinds terminated him for union activities, nor does he bring a cause of action on the basis of wrongful discharge in violation of state law (e.”
Coman v. Thomas Mfg. Co., 371 S.E.2d 731 (N.C. Ct. App. 1988). · cites it 2× “See G.S. 95-81 and 95-83 (denial of employment by reason of labor union membership prohibited); G.”
Poole & Kent Corp. v. C. E. Thurston & Sons, Inc., 209 S.E.2d 450 (N.C. 1974). · cites it 2× “95-80 and G.S. 95-81 were in effect. “§ 95-79. Certain agreements declared illegal.”
Ulysses Vernon Beasley v. Food Fair of N. C., Inc., 190 S.E.2d 333 (N.C. Ct. App. 1972). · cites it 2× “” *326 Plaintiffs contend that defendants have violated Section 95-81: “No person shall be required by an employer to abstain or refrain from membership in any labor union or labor organization as a condition of employment or continuation of employment.”
Willard v. Huffman, 101 S.E.2d 373 (N.C. 1958). · cites it 3× ““G.S. 95-81. Nonmembership as condition of employment prohibited.”
Willard v. Huffman, 109 S.E.2d 233 (N.C. 1959). “defendants on 18 January 1956, and it has been duly determined by the jury in the trial below that the discharge was on the ground prohibited by G.S. 95-81, which reads as follows: “No person shall be required by an employer to abstain or refrain from membership in any labor…”
Beasley v. Food Fair of N. C., Inc., 193 S.E.2d 911 (N.C. 1973). “Plaintiffs allege that the discharge contravenes G.S. 95-81, which is as follows: “No person shall be required by an employer to abstain or refrain from membership in any labor union or labor organization as a condition of employment or continuation of employment.”
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