Legislative Priorities

SEANC's legislative priorities are determined by you, the members, at district meetings and the annual convention. Convention delegates rank the association's policy platform objectives each year.

SEANC's 2012-2013 Top 10 Policy Platform Objectives
(as determined by the 2012 Convention)

1. Request the General Assembly fully fund employee salary compensation prior to considering other appropriations.
2. SEANC will oppose legislation that would remove employees from the protections of the State Personnel Act.
3. SEANC supports continuation of a defined benefit retirement plan for current and future retirees.
4. SEANC will oppose privatization and downsizing of state government services.
5. Seek legislation allowing SEANC full access to public workplaces for the purposes of member recruitment without employee intimidation or enforced limits to SEANC information, personnel and volunteers.
6. SEANC will seek legislation for comprehensive short and long-term disability programs for all state employees.
7. SEANC endorses the repeal of G.S. § 95-98 and supports the enactment of legislation to govern collective bargaining by North Carolina public employees; further, SEANC will seek to amend G.S § 143-3.3(g) and G.S.§135-18.8 to delete language that voids dues deduction from payroll or from a retirement benefit if an employees' or retirees' association engages in collective bargaining.
8. Seek policy to require the State Health Plan to notify members at least 60 days in advance of any plan benefit changes.
9. Seek restoration of the employer's contribution to the retirement system that will at least match the employee's contribution.
10. Seek continuation of a fully paid individual health care benefit for all qualified active and retired employees.