"The reality is not that I lack respect for the law; it’s that I have greater respect for justice. Where there is a conflict between the law and the higher moral code that we all share, my loyalty is to that higher moral code."
Tim DeChristopher, July 26, 2011
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A poll conducted by Elon University during the last week of February, 2013, found that up to 76% of North Carolinians support reforming our state cannabis laws.
It is my opinion that cannabis legalization may be the single most important issue facing our state and our nation today. No other issue addresses health, jobs, climate change, and human rights issues (to name but a few) as does the legalization of cannabis.
Why?
“One day we must ask the question, ‘Why are there forty million poor people in America?’ And when you begin to ask that question, you are raising questions about the economic system, about a broader distribution of wealth. When you ask that question, you begin to question the capitalistic economy. And I’m simply saying that more and more, we’ve got to begin to ask questions about the whole society. We are called upon to help the discouraged beggars in life’s market place. But one day we must come to see that an edifice which produces beggars needs restructuring. It means that questions must be raised. You see, my friends, when you deal with this, you begin to ask the question, ‘Who owns the oil?’ You begin to ask the question, ‘Who owns the iron ore?’ You begin to ask the question, ‘Why is it that people have to pay water bills in a world that is two thirds water?’ These are questions that must be asked.”
~ Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
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To Know One’s Rights Is To Own Those Rights
August 25, 2011
Zoe Bridges-Curry
(202) 822-2127 x122
zbridges@americanrightsatwork.org
Washington, D.C. – Today, the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) issued a rule requiring employers to post notices informing employees of their rights under the National Labor Relations Act (NLRA). Kimberly Freeman Brown, Executive Director of American Rights at Work, released the following statement in response:
“Given the extreme imbalance the middle class faces in today’s economy, with CEO pay and income inequality at all-time highs, workers’ ability to join together as a union and bargain for a better life is more important than ever. But working Americans can’t exercise these basic rights if they don’t know they have them.
“And studies show that many employees are unaware of their rights under the NLRA, which protects both union and non-union workers. Employers, even those who strive to act lawfully, are similarly uninformed. This modest rule simply helps ensure that everyone knows the rules of the road.
“Employers are already required to post notices in the workplace informing employees of the rights and protections provided to them by anti-discrimination, health and safety, and minimum wage laws. Requiring the display of one more poster—a fair and balanced description of workers’ rights under the NLRA—imposes a minimal burden on employers, while giving employees the information they need to choose to exercise their rights.”
Resources:
http://www.ofr.gov/OFRUpload/OFRData/2011-21724_PI.pdf