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NCCBI News
Association
joins Coalition for a Sound Dollar
NCCBI
has joined the Coalition for a Sound Dollar, a working group
organized by the National Association of Manufacturers to
lobby the Bush Administration for a change in the
administration’s strong dollar policy. In last month’s
Bulletin, we reported at length on how the overvalued dollar
is hurting American manufacturing exports and causing massive
job losses. Read that story.
It’s not just manufacturers complaining about the overvalued
dollar. The International Monetary Fund, the European
Commission, the European Central Bank, the Bank of England,
the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development and
other respected institutions have all stated that the dollar
needs to come down in value.
In addition to NCCBI, other members of the coalition are:
American Fiber Manufacturers Association, Aerospace Industries
Association, American Brush Manufacturers Association,
American Cotton Shippers Association, American Forest and
Paper Association, American Furniture Manufacturers
Association, American Hardware Manufacturers Association,
American Iron and Steel Institute, American Paper Machinery
Association, American Pipe Fittings Association, American
Textile Machinery Association, American Textile Manufacturers
Institute, Associated Industries of Florida, The Association
for Manufacturing Technology, Automotive Trade Policy Council,
Business and Industry Association of New Hampshire, The
Business Council of New York State, The Business Roundtable,
The Carpet and Rug Institute, Composite Can and Tube
Institute, Copper and Brass Fabricators Council, Fibre Box
Association, Industrial Fabrics Association International, IPC
- Association Connecting Electronics Industries, Mississippi
Manufacturers Association, Motor and Equipment Manufacturers
Association, National Cotton Council of America, National
Marine Manufacturers Association, National Tooling and
Machining Association, New Jersey Business and Industry
Association, Non-ferrous Founders' Society, North Carolina
Manufacturers Association, Ohio Manufacturers Association,
Packaging Machinery Manufacturers Institute, Paperboard
Packaging Council, Precision Machined Products Association,
Process Equipment Manufacturers' Association, Secondary
Materials and Recycled Textiles Association, Southern Forest
Products Association, Steel Manufacturers Association, Textile
Distributors Association`, Tooling and Manufacturing
Association, USA Rice Federation, Utah Manufacturers
Association, Virginia Manufacturers Association, Waste
Treatment Technology Association, Wheat Export Trade Education
Committee, Wood Component Manufacturers Association, Wood
Machinery Manufacturers of America.
NCCBI lobbies for class action lawsuit reform
NCCBI
is lobbying North Carolina’s senators for reform of class
action lawsuits. The association has written Sens. Jesse Helms
and John Edwards urging their support of S. 1712 Class Action
Fairness Act of 2002. The House recently passed a companion
bill, H.R. 2341, by a vote of 233-190. In that vote, North
Carolina House members split along party lines, with the seven
Republicans voting for the legislation and the five Democrats
voting against it. The legislation would end abuse of the
class action lawsuit system and institute changes that would
make it easier for defendants to get lawsuits moved from state
courts to federal courts, which have the expertise and
resources to handle such complex cases. The legislation
establishes a consumer bill of right and allows easier appeals
of class certification decisions.
NAM,
U.S. Chamber challenge campaign finance reform
NCCBI’s
two Washington affiliates – the National Association of
Manufacturers and the U.S. Chamber of Commerce – have filed
a lawsuit in federal district court challenging the
constitutionality of the campaign finance reform legislation
recently enacted by Congress and signed by President Bush.
“This is a country founded on free speech and the government
cannot tells us that we have the right to speak on issues at
the beginning of a campaign, but not at the end, when public
debate matters most,” said U.S. Chamber President and CEO
Thomas Donohue, adding, “We will fight this all the way to
the Supreme Court.”
Please
welcome these new NCCBI members
New members from March
1 March 31, 2002 include: Mechanical
Contractors, Charlotte; Wake
County Public School System, Raleigh; DSM
Pharmaceuticals, Greenville; Evans
Machinery & Metal Fabrication Inc.,
Wilson; Rockett,
Burkhead & Winslow, Raleigh; Glover
Realty, Salisbury; Carolina
Forge Co., Wilson; Flowers
Bakeries Inc., Jamestown; Stephens
Center Inc., Raleigh; City
of Wilson, Wilson; Aon
Consulting, Winston-Salem; Clay
County Board of Education, Hayesville; Smith
Currie & Hancock, Charlotte; Sanmina-SCI
Corp., Durham; Blue
Ridge Xray Co. Inc., Arden; Southern
Exhibition Services, Durham; Metro
Magazine, Raleigh; Exhibit
Resources, Raleigh; Delta
Airlines, Atlanta, Ga.; Brody
Investments, Kinston; McDonald-York
Inc., Raleigh; Town
of Elkin, Elkin; Viridian
Capital Partners, Charlotte; Office
of Mike Patterson, Raleigh; Burroughs
Wellcome Fund, RTP; McGuire
Woods Consulting, Raleigh; Office
of George Ragan Jr., High Point; Ladd
Exterior Wall Systems Inc., Wilmington; Western
Carolina Manufacturers Association, Hendersonville; Bob Neill Pontiac Inc., Winston-Salem; Livingstone College, Salisbury; Showalter Construction Co., Charlotte; Employment Control Inc., Shelby; Mathews Ford, Asheville; American
Classic Provisions, Burlington; Russell
Finex Inc., Charlotte; Liberty
Healthcare Services, Whiteville; and Garris
Evans Lumber Co., Wilson.
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