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North Carolina is one of 25 states where the minimum wage sits at the federal floor of $7.25 per hour, unchanged since July 2009, with a preemption law that blocks every one of its 553 municipalities from setting a higher rate for private-sector workers.
Congress sets the minimum federal wage; it does not update it. The $7.
Constitutional Amendment II-34a, passed by Ohio voters in 2006, removed the state legislature from the annual minimum wage decision entirely.
The House of Representatives passed H.R. 5408 on June 9, 2026, legislation that would impose 10-day bargaining deadlines and binding arbitration for initial union contracts, while Republican NLRB nominee James Macy advanced toward confirmation in a June 10 hearing that could shift the Board's majori
Virginia Governor Abigail Spanberger vetoed mandatory public sector collective bargaining legislation this month, according to Reason, breaking with union allies who backed her 2025 campaign after the Democratic-controlled legislature rejected her amendments weakening union protections and giving re
