§ 95-36.1. Declaration of policy. - North Carolina Statutes

Article4A.

Voluntary Arbitration ofLabor Disputes.

§ 95‑36.1.  Declarationof policy.

It is hereby declared as thepublic policy of this State that the best interests of the people of the Stateare served by the prompt settlement of labor disputes; that strikes andlockouts and other forms of industrial strife, regardless of where the meritsof the controversy lie, are forces productive ultimately of economic waste;that the interests and rights of the consumers and the people of the State,while not direct parties to such disputes, should always be considered,respected and protected; and, where efforts at amicable settlement have beenunsuccessful, that the voluntary arbitration of such disputes will tend topromote permanent industrial peace and the health, welfare, comfort and safetyof the people of the State. To carry out such policies, the necessity for theenactment of the provisions of this Article is hereby declared as a matter oflegislative determination. (1945, c. 1045, s. 1; 1951, c. 1103, s. 1.)