Every week in the south, workers organize new unions, they bargain for new contracts, they fight for good legislation and against bad legislation, and they put the boss in their place. These are all of the stories we could find from May 15th to May 22nd. New Campaigns 205 workers in 4 bargaining units have…
Author: Jacob Morrison
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Last Week in Southern Labor: 5/7 – 5/15
Every week in the south, workers organize new unions, they bargain for new contracts, they fight for good legislation and against bad legislation, and they put the boss in their place. These are all the stories we could find from May 8th to May 15th. New Campaigns 9 workers in 1 bargaining unit have gone…
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Boss Watch: 5/8 – 5/15
Every day across the south workers are killed on the job, stolen from, discriminated against, or sexually harassed. Sometimes the employers are caught. These are last week’s stories, this is Boss Watch. Alabama Discriminators Quality Restaurant Concepts, owner and operator of approximately 60 Applebee’s-branded restaurants across the southeastern U.S., will pay $270,000 and provide other…
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Last Week in Southern Labor: 5/1 – 5/8
Every week in the south, workers organize new unions, they bargain for new contracts, they fight for good legislation and against bad legislation, and they put the boss in their place. These are some of the stories we could find from May 1st to May 8th. New Campaigns 1183 workers in 10 bargaining units have…
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Boss Watch: 5/1 – 5/8
Every day across the south workers are killed on the job, stolen from, discriminated against, or sexually harassed. Sometimes the employers are caught. These are some of last week’s stories: Missouri Retaliators A U.S. Department of Labor whistleblower investigation has found that a railroad company wrongfully suspended an employee for reporting a train collision and…
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Last Week in Southern Labor: 4/24 – 5/1
Every week in the south, workers organize new unions, they bargain for new contracts, they fight for good legislation and against bad legislation, and they put the boss in their place. These are some of the stories we could find from April 24th to May 1st: This is Last Week in Southern Labor. New Campaigns…
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Boss Watch: 4/24 – 5/1
Every day across the south workers are killed on the job, stolen from, discriminated against, or sexually harassed. Sometimes the employers are caught. Here are some of last week’s stories. North Carolina Discriminators PepsiCo Beverage Sales, LLC, a Delaware company operating a facility in Winston-Salem, North Carolina, agreed to pay $270,000 and work with an…
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Last TWO Weeks in Southern Labor: 4/10 – 4/24
Every week in the south, workers organize new unions, they bargain for new contracts, they fight for good legislation and against bad legislation, and they put the boss in their place. These are all of the stories we could find from April 17th to April 24th. New Campaigns 168 workers in 6 bargaining units have…
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Boss Watch: 4/17 – 4/24
Every day across the south workers are killed on the job, stolen from, discriminated against, or sexually harassed. Sometimes the employers are caught. These are some of last week’s stories. Texas Thieves The U.S. Department of Labor has recovered $63,645 for eight workers after an investigation found an area restaurant violated federal wage and hour…
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Last Week in Southern Labor: 4/3 – 4/17
Every week in the south, workers organize new unions, they bargain for new contracts, they fight for good legislation and against bad legislation, and they put the boss in their place. These are all the stories we could find from April 3rd to April 17th. New Campaigns 1,969 workers in 32 bargaining units have gone…
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Boss Watch: 4/10 – 4/17
Every day across the south workers are killed on the job, stolen from, discriminated against, or sexually harassed. Sometimes the employers are caught. Here are a few stories from last week: Alabama Killers The U.S. Department of Labor has cited a Huntsville-based home builder with eight serious safety violations after an investigation into a worker’s…
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Last TWO Weeks in Southern Labor
Every week in the south, workers organize new unions, they bargain for new contracts, they fight for good legislation and against bad legislation, and they put the boss in their place. Here are all the stories we could find from Friday, March 20 to Friday, April 3: New Campaigns 681 workers in 13 bargaining units…