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  • Last Week in Southern Labor: 9/22 – 9/29

    Last Week in Southern Labor: 9/22 – 9/29

    Here’s what workers in the Southern U.S. and the Colonies were up to from September 22-29: We continue to try to make this newsletter more informative for you, so we want to add in this section whether or not the new filing is employer filed or worker filed. An employer filed election petition is one that…

    Jacob Morrison

  • BOSS WATCH: 9/16 – 9/22

    BOSS WATCH: 9/16 – 9/22

    Illegal activities of Southern Bosses for the week ending on Friday, September 22 WHNT reported last week on a familiar story to people that have spent any amount of time in the service industry: Struts on Pine – a restaurant in Muscle Shoals closed without notice to employees, leaving 24 workers not only without a…

    Jacob Morrison

  • Last Week in Southern Labor: 9/16 – 9/22

    Last Week in Southern Labor: 9/16 – 9/22

    Here’s what workers in the Southern U.S. and the Colonies were up to from September 16-22: 104 workers at Overseas Shipholding Group in Tampa, FL filed for unionization with the International Organization of Masters, Mates, and Pilots.  31 workers at Rivers Casino in Portsmouth, VA filed for unionization with the International Brotherhood of Teamsters Local 822…

    Jacob Morrison

  • BOSS WATCH: 9/8 – 9/15

    BOSS WATCH: 9/8 – 9/15

    Illegal activities of Southern Bosses for the week ending on Friday, September 15 COAL CRETINS CRYING POOR From the West Virginia Gazette: Coal industry bosses owe more than $16 million in unpaid federal mine safety fines as of the end of July 2023.  “Unpaid mine safety fines are the equivalent of a rude gesture from…

    Jacob Morrison

  • Last Week in Southern Labor: 9/8 – 9/15

    Last Week in Southern Labor: 9/8 – 9/15

    Here’s what Southern US workers were up to from September 8-15: Big week for election filings in the Southern US and colonies: 2,455 workers total just last week.  25 workers at Science News Media Group in Washington DC filed for a union election with the Washington-Baltimore News Guild Local 32035 84 drivers and merchandisers at…

    Jacob Morrison

  • BOSS WATCH: 9/1 – 9/8

    BOSS WATCH: 9/1 – 9/8

    Illegal activities of Southern Bosses for the week ending on Friday, September 8 LOUISIANA THIEVES The U.S. Department of Labor has obtained a consent judgment requiring the operator of a New Orleans-area home healthcare agency to pay 80 workers a total of $630,000 in back wages and damages after the employer misclassified them as independent…

    Jacob Morrison

  • Last Week in Southern Labor: 9/1 – 9/8

    Last Week in Southern Labor: 9/1 – 9/8

    Here’s what Southern US workers were up to from September 1-7: 10 workers at Blue Sprocket Pressing in Harrisonburg, VA filed for a union election with the International Brotherhood of Teamsters Local 29 9 maintenance workers at SSM Health Saint Louis University Hospital in Saint Louis, MO filed for a union election with the Service…

    Jacob Morrison

  • BOSS WATCH: 8/25 – 9/1

    BOSS WATCH: 8/25 – 9/1

    Illegal activities of Southern Bosses for the week ending on Friday, September 1 ALABAMA KILLER Last year, Brett Savage, a 36-year-old communications technician with the Alabama Forestry Commission and a resident of Deatsville, in Elmore County, was killed instantly when the communications tower he was helping a crew remove unexpectedly fell on top of him…

    Jacob Morrison

  • Last Week in Southern Labor: 8/25 – 9/1

    Last Week in Southern Labor: 8/25 – 9/1

    Here’s what Southern US workers were up to from August 25 – September 1: 36 workers at the North Carolina Association of Educators in Raleigh, North Carolina filed for a union election with the North Carolina Staff Organization, and then withdrew their petition in the same week.  22 workers at Statesville Painting and Maintenance in…

    Jacob Morrison

  • BOSS WATCH: 8/18 – 8/25

    BOSS WATCH: 8/18 – 8/25

    We have an Alabama employer on the list this week, and so many companies stealing from their employees and putting them in illegally-dangerous workplaces that we didn’t have room for EEOC cases this week. It’s bad, folks! Illegal activities of Southern Bosses for the week ending on Friday, August 25 ALABAMA MUTILATOR The Texas-based operator…

    Jacob Morrison

  • Scottsboro Workers Go On First Ever Strike Against Starbucks in Alabama

    Scottsboro Workers Go On First Ever Strike Against Starbucks in Alabama

    Nearly the entire staff for the small Starbucks store on John T Reid Parkway in Scottsboro greeted hundreds of patrons on Sunday differently than they normally do. On the first Sunday that the popular Pumpkin Spice Latte would have been served, they told their customers that they were on strike and the store was closed.…

    Jacob Morrison

  • Last Week in Southern Labor: 8/18 – 8/25

    Last Week in Southern Labor: 8/18 – 8/25

    Here’s what Southern US workers were up to from August 18 – 25: 1,722 PHD students providing instructional and research services at the private Emory University in Atlanta, GA filed for a union election with Workers United. They are holding a rally on Monday, 8/28 from 10-11am on the Quad outside the administration building. In…

    Jacob Morrison