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There is nothing that forces them to not hire someone. Now, if they agreed to not hire those individuals, that's different.

I wondered how long it would take for this to get out.

Try being more specific. The right to work is protected in NC. Its called free enterprise.

The contractor doing section c of the 221 project is looking for help but can't hire anyone who works for the contractor doing the other section. If the first contractor wants to keep its employees they should raise their pay scale to match the new company instead of making back room deals to keep the other company from hiring their workers.