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  • Boss Watch: 8/15 – 8/22

    Boss Watch: 8/15 – 8/22

    Illegal activities of Southern Bosses for the weeks between Friday, August 15, and Friday, August 22 North Carolina Discriminators Smithfield Fresh Meats Corp., a Virginia-based corporation which operates a facility in Tarheel, North Carolina, violated federal law when it refused to provide a reasonable accommodation to an employee for pregnancy-related limitations, forced her to take…

    Jacob Morrison

  • Last Week in Southern Labor: 8/8 – 8/15

    Last Week in Southern Labor: 8/8 – 8/15

    Here’s what workers in the US South and the colonies were up to from Friday, August 8th to Friday, August 15th New Campaigns Election Results Strikes & Bargaining Political & Legislative Internal Union Affairs

    Jacob Morrison

  • Boss Watch: 8/8 – 8/15

    Boss Watch: 8/8 – 8/15

    Illegal activities of Southern Bosses for the weeks between Friday, August 8, and Friday, August 15 Alabama Discriminators Sarafina Network, LLC, a management company for gas station convenience stores based in Alabama, will pay $40,000 and furnish other relief to settle a disability discrimination lawsuit filed by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC). According…

    Jacob Morrison

  • Last Week in Southern Labor: 8/1 – 8/8

    Last Week in Southern Labor: 8/1 – 8/8

    Here’s what workers in the US South and the colonies were up to from August 1 to August 8 All information on Florida’s public sector union elections comes from McKenna Schueler’s monthly round up of Florida union news. You can check it out on her website, caringclassrevolt.substack.com, where you can get more information about Florida…

    Jacob Morrison

  • Boss Watch: 8/1 – 8/8

    Boss Watch: 8/1 – 8/8

    Illegal activities of Southern Bosses for the weeks between Friday, August 1, and Friday, August 8 Texas Retaliator A federal whistleblower investigation found that Union Pacific Railroad Co. violated the Federal Railroad Safety Act by terminating a railroad engineer after the employee reported and sought medical care for a work-related injury.  The department’s Occupational Safety…

    Jacob Morrison

  • Last Week in Southern Labor: 7/18 – 8/1

    Last Week in Southern Labor: 7/18 – 8/1

    Here’s what workers in the US South and the colonies were up to from July 18 to August 1 New Campaigns Election Results Grievances, Unfair Labor Practices, & Court Cases Strikes & Bargaining Political & Legislative

    Jacob Morrison

  • Boss Watch: 7/18 – 8/1

    Boss Watch: 7/18 – 8/1

    Illegal activities of Southern Bosses for the weeks between Friday, July 18, and Friday, August 1 Alabama Child Abusers The U.S. Department of Labor has obtained a consent judgment in federal court against an Alabama poultry processor requiring them to pay $385,000 in civil money penalties for federal child labor law violations and barring the…

    Jacob Morrison

  • Last Week in Southern Labor: 7/11 – 7/18

    Last Week in Southern Labor: 7/11 – 7/18

    Here’s what workers in the US South and the colonies were up to from July 11 to July 18 New Campaigns Election Results Grievances, Unfair Labor Practices, & Court Cases Strikes & Bargaining Political & Legislative Internal Union Affairs

    Jacob Morrison

  • Boss Watch: 7/11 – 7/18

    Boss Watch: 7/11 – 7/18

    Illegal activities of Southern Bosses for the weeks between Friday, July 11, and Friday, July 18 No Enforcement Actions As we’ve relayed to readers before, the meat of this newsletter has always consisted of press releases from OSHA, the WHD, and the EEOC, documenting enforcement actions against law breaking employers. For yet another week, there…

    Joe Harrison

  • Last Week in Southern Labor: 7/4 – 7/11

    Last Week in Southern Labor: 7/4 – 7/11

    Here’s what workers in the US South and the colonies were up to from July 4 to July 11 New Campaigns Campaign Updates Election Results Grievances, Unfair Labor Practices, & Court Cases Strikes & Bargaining Political & Legislative Internal Union Affairs

    Jacob Morrison

  • Boss Watch: 7/4 – 7/11

    Boss Watch: 7/4 – 7/11

    Illegal activities of Southern Bosses for the weeks between Friday, July 4, and Friday, July 11 Florida Endangerers The U.S. Department of Labor has cited an Orlando target-missile manufacturer for exposing workers to fire, burn, and inhalation hazards, after a December 2024 fire at its facility, hospitalizing two employees and injuring others.  Investigators with the…

    Jacob Morrison

  • BBB gives ICE power to engage in nationwide reign of terror: “They’re coming to a city near you.”

    BBB gives ICE power to engage in nationwide reign of terror: “They’re coming to a city near you.”

    Aside from cuts to Medicaid and the disastrous ways in which the medical system at large will be affected, another big aspect of President Trump and the Republicans’ “Big Beautiful Bill,” signed into law on July 4, that has rightly received a lot of attention is its wildly increased funding for and empowerment of the…

    Joe Harrison