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  • Boss Watch: 4/5 – 4/12

    Boss Watch: 4/5 – 4/12

    Illegal activities of Southern Bosses for the weeks between Friday, April 5 and Friday, April 12

    Jacob Morrison

  • Last Week in Southern Labor: 3/29 – 4/5

    Last Week in Southern Labor: 3/29 – 4/5

    Here’s what workers in the US South and the colonies were up to from March 29th to April 5th: NEW CAMPAIGNS 226 workers at the District of Columbia International School (a charter school in DC) have filed a petition to hold a union election with the DC local of the American Federation of Teachers (AFT) 600…

    Jacob Morrison

  • Boss Watch: 3/29 – 4/5

    Boss Watch: 3/29 – 4/5

    Illegal activities of Southern Bosses for the weeks between Friday, March 29 and Friday, April 5 Tennessee Child Abusers Federal workplace safety inspectors found a Missouri roofing contractor again risking the safety of its employees by failing to protect them against the construction industry’s deadliest hazard — falls from heights — at five residential worksites in…

    Jacob Morrison

  • Last Week in Southern Labor: 3/22 – 3/29

    Last Week in Southern Labor: 3/22 – 3/29

    Here’s what workers in the US South and the colonies were up to from March 22nd to March 29th: NEW CAMPAIGNS 1 worker at All Points Logistics in North Merritt Island, FL filed a petition to hold a union election with the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers (IBEW) Local 2088 120 workers at Martin-Brower Company in…

    Jacob Morrison

  • Last Week in Southern Labor: 3/15 – 3/22

    Last Week in Southern Labor: 3/15 – 3/22

    Here’s what workers in the US South and the colonies were up to from March 15th to March 22th: NEW CAMPAIGNS 3 workers at Midwest Air Traffic Control Service in Ashland, MO filed a petition to hold a union election with the National Air Traffic Controllers Association (NATCA) 10 workers at Irving Materials in Somerset,…

    Jacob Morrison

  • BOSS WATCH: 3/22 – 3/29

    BOSS WATCH: 3/22 – 3/29

    Illegal activities of Southern Bosses for the weeks between Friday, March 22 and Friday, April 1 —TENNESSEE CHILD ABUSERS— The U.S. Department of Labor’s Office of the Solicitor has obtained a federal consent judgment that requires a Morristown manufacturer of outdoor power equipment components for major companies including John Deere, Toro and Yamaha to stop…

    Jacob Morrison

  • Last Week in Southern Labor: 3/8 – 3/15

    Last Week in Southern Labor: 3/8 – 3/15

    Here’s what workers in the US South and the colonies were up to from March 8th to March 15th: NEW CAMPAIGNS The employer filed for a union election after a majority of the 73 workers at Transdev Services in Houston, TX demonstrated support for unionization with the Teamsters Local 988 3 workers at the Cesar…

    Jacob Morrison

  • BOSS WATCH: 3/8 – 3/15

    BOSS WATCH: 3/8 – 3/15

    Illegal activities of Southern Bosses for the weeks between Friday, March 8 and Friday, March 15 —MISSOURI THIEVES— A Park Hills vegetable farming and packing operation will pay $479,983 in back wages to 208 workers, following an investigation by the U.S. Department of Labor’s Wage and Hour Division. In a consent order and judgment entered in…

    Jacob Morrison

  • BOSS WATCH: 3/15 – 3/22

    BOSS WATCH: 3/15 – 3/22

    Illegal activities of Southern Bosses for the weeks between Friday, March 15 and Friday, March 22 Alabama Killer A 38-year-old worker at a Cullman manufacturing plant suffered fatal injuries after getting caught inside a molding machine, a fatality the employer could have prevented by following established safety rules, a U.S. Department of Labor workplace safety…

    Jacob Morrison

  • Last Week in Southern Labor: 3/1 – 3/8

    Last Week in Southern Labor: 3/1 – 3/8

    Here’s what workers in the US South and the colonies were up to from March 1st to March 8th: NEW CAMPAIGNS A couple weeks back workers at 21 Starbucks stores across the country demonstrated majority support for unionization with Starbucks Workers United, and I think we’re starting to see those petitions come through, because there…

    Jacob Morrison

  • BOSS WATCH: 3/1 – 3/8

    BOSS WATCH: 3/1 – 3/8

    Illegal activities of Southern Bosses for the weeks between Friday, March 1 and Friday, March 8 —GEORGIA KILLER— Investigators with the U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration found that on Aug. 10, 2023, two Pyles Plumbing and Utility Contractors Inc. employees in Macon, GA were installing sewer-line piping in a trench when the…

    Jacob Morrison

  • Last Week in Southern Labor: 2/23 – 3/1

    Last Week in Southern Labor: 2/23 – 3/1

    Here’s what workers in the US South and the colonies were up to from February 23rd to March 1st: NEW CAMPAIGNS 20 workers at Crescent Paper Tube in Lewisport, KY filed a petition to hold a union election with the United Steel Workers (USW) 5 workers at the Cesar Chavez Foundation in Dallas, TX filed…

    Jacob Morrison