NC labor officials haven’t had worker safety advice from outside in five years required by law
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http://www.newsobserver.com/news/politics-government/state-politics/article18419555.html
BY MANDY LOCKEMLOCKE@NEWSOBSERVER.COM
04/13/2015 3:40 PM
RALEIGH
North Carolina Labor Commissioner Cherie Berry has 11 citizens she can rely on for guidance about worker safety issues.
Its been five years, though, since Berry and her team called them together for a meeting.
State lawmakers established the State Advisory Council on Occupational Safety and Health when they drafted state workplace safety laws in the 1970s. As commissioner, Berry appoints the members and must select from labor advocates, management representatives, a migrant labor expert and three others with knowledge of worker health and safety issues.
The law is clear: the council shall hold no fewer than two meetings during each calendar year.
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